Terri Schiavo's CT scan – another physician’s opinion

American Thinker ^ | March 31, 2005 | Mary L. Davenport, MD

[bilhosty]

We have just got to do something about MSM slime liars. We just have to.

[Samurai_Jack]

From one of the links in the article

"The life span of adults and children in such a state is substantially reduced. For most such patients, life expectancy ranges from 2 to 5 years; survival beyond 10 years is unusual. "

Terri survived 15 years... Just another 'isolated incident'

[maryz]

But I think it's FL law that says that if someone has PVS you can pull their feeding tube.

Yes, a fairly recent law that the Hemlock Society (including Felos) lobbied for -- includes feeding tubes as life support in the case of PVS.

[wiggen]

The similarities are actually a bit too close for my liking.Reeks of agenda(dare i say conspiracy?). Theres no doubt that the people who embrace the culture of death contact one another(same "expert" witnesses at many trials).It would seem theres a game plan they have to be followed,making the target of death seem like less of a person.

[Diogenesis]

"A flat EEG is huge".

Not if the leads were not connected.

[cherry]

I don't know why everybody is so stuck on whether Terri was PVS or not......to me, it didn't matter......

nor did it matter whether or not she could ever be "rehabilitated".....

I just don't think we can out of the blue decide we want someone dead, and then go ahead and get the courts to okay it, and to make that someone dead in the most torturous way......

[dread78645]

The whole PVS debate is disingenuous because Cranford doesn't care if you're PVS or not-- if you're not functional enough to meet his definition of human you can be killed.

Yep.

RONALD CRANFORD, NEUROLOGIST: [Robert Wendland is] not in a coma, he's not vegetative, he is not unconscious, he is what we call 'minimally conscious.' He does have some definite, but minimal, interaction with the environment. In that situation, he is so severely brain damaged that I think the one that is the most caring and most interested, which seems to be the wife and the children, should be allowed to make that decision. . . ."

"Good Morning America"

[cherry]

don't hold your breath on any "investigations".....I predict this whole thing will quietly disappear.......

[drlevy88]

Why doesn't he get kicked out of the AMA or whatever doctors association he's in.

[pj_627]

I totally agree with you.

pattyjo

[Cricket24]

I think you are correct. The Bushes(and most Republicans) are running to the bushes to put this behind them. The fact that the guy (can't think of his name) from Allegheny Co. PA, who asked to be present at the autopsy of Terri, was turned down by Pinellas Co. says it all. This will all be covered up to protect a judge who is pigheaded and refused to listen to anyone else. The whole thing is amazing to me.
I really don't think I'll be visiting FL again. That is one screwed up state!
I'm taking my vacation dollars elsewhere as I hope others will do too!

[ex-Texan]

Experts Medical Links are Posted Separately Here

Medical Evidence Solid: Terri Was Not PVS

[SouthCarolinaKit]

I do wonder what her recovery level would have been had she been treated with anything like that of Christopher Reeve.
Practically nothing was done with therapy with her. Had her husband spent the insurance on her rather than himself, he'd probably not been able to get away with using her ill-health as an excuse to kill her.

[presently no screen name]

It's my opinion that Mikey vigorously pounded Terri's head like a punching bag when she first entered the hospital... and continued such pounding all throughout her hospice imprisonment !!!


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I recently read here that MS's brother is married to Terri's first nurse after 'incident'. The post mentioned his brother and wife were on LKL. I did not see the program - perhaps someone here can confirm.

IF that is true, perhaps MS had an 'angel of death' assist him. Of course this is all speculation and we may never be able to get that deep into in. However, that doesn't negate the obvious fact that Terri suffered trauma by 'someone'.

[thinkingman129]

You've posted the judge's decision on the Wendlend case. The edecision was made in 1995. Two years later a report on Wendlend, per your post.

How is Wendlend today? Is he functioning? Is he eating on his own?

[Cboldt]

*bump*

Thanks for the summary of the Wendlund case. I hadn't bumped into that one.

[sodpoodle]

Amen.

[thinkingman129]

I've also read that the bone ossification was due to Terri Schiavo's OWN bulimic actions.

The bone fractures may also be a direct result of the ossifications and the purported x-rays which show fractures, etc., may reflect damage sustained during treatments to a paralyzed body AFTER her initial heart stoppage which was determined to be due to a potassium imbalance (again due to her bulimia).

[Cboldt]

See #14 above

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1375968/posts?page=14#14

[syriacus]

I hope DeLay gets a monster investigation in gear - Terri's murder cannot be allowed to just slip under the rug. WE all need to see to that

Me, too.