Old pic of Jodi?
Posted on 06/04/2005 6:26:02 AM PDT by tbritton
DCF documents discredit the failed attempt to reinsert Terri Schiavo's feeding tube to conduct an investigation.
As the day approached in which Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was to be removed, Gov. Jeb Bush claimed there were new and compelling allegations of abuse or neglect that the state Department of Children and Families had to investigate.
That effort led to a dramatic showdown between the governor and the Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge who ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed on March 18. Bush and DCF continued to seek its reinsertion, claiming the 30 or so new complaints had to be probed.
But documents released by DCF Friday reveal few fresh allegations that Schiavo was abused or neglected. Investigators wrote that there were "no indicators" of abuse in any of the cases.
"The preponderance of the evidence shows that Michael Schiavo followed doctors' orders (regarding) Ms. Schiavo's diagnosis of being in a persistent vegetative state and that he provided her with appropriate care," one investigator wrote.
DCF released nearly 70 pages of documents Friday in the Schiavo case after the St. Petersburg Times sought their release in court. Perhaps the only allegation in the batch not heard before: A March 7 complaint that accused a nursing assistant at Schiavo's Pinellas Park hospice of using an "air freshener substance" in her bath water in July, which caused a rash. DCF investigators learned the substance was an aromatherapy oil that the assistant placed in a spray bottle, not in Schiavo's bath.
The latest records released are of complaints made during the last weeks and months of Schiavo's life. She died March 31 at age 41. Records of about 70 complaints made in earlier years were released in April. No proof to those allegations was found either.
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"But documents released by DCF Friday reveal few fresh allegations that Schiavo was abused or neglected"
Sure. She was allowed no music. No outside sunshine. No therapy. No food by the mouth--not even ice chips.
A nurse who put something in her hand was scolded and told not to do that.
And so on.
The whole case--and the involvement of the local officials--stinks to high heaven.
I'm sure we can trust the St. Pete Times to give us the straight story. Why, it's at least as reliable as Newsweek!
When are the autopsy results coming out? I thought it was supposed to take only 2 weeks? Did I miss something?
If you read it in the St. Pete Times you know you can't believe it.
It's old news ... let's move on ... where have I heard that one before?
There is considerable documentation of elementary abuse. Nurses were ordered not to speak to her. She was not permitted to have any therapy, although more than a million dollars had been paid for that purpose. She was kept isolated, in the dark. She was not regularly turned to prevent bed sores.
There are also rumors that Michael abused her during private visits. There is no way to confirm that, but I regret to say that it matches his personality profile.
There is also evidence that she was abused before entering the hospital. She had multiple broken bones.
No matter what anyone says, or what any complaints do or do not show, it WILL NEVER be okay to starve someone to death for WEEKS! Nothing will ever make that right.
But for those who participated in this murder or didn't speak out against it, they will grasp at anything to make themselves feel better.
I really do wonder if some of them are getting a good night's sleep?
So it was no big deal that Terri had to have five teeth extracted. Oh, no, that was not abuse. That the HINO let her teeth rot in her mouth.
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