David Gibbs III, attorney for the Schindler family, told the Witness the autopsy report still leaves America with the question of whether it will return to its historic position that “all life is sacred” and worthy of protection.
“We are still on the turn in the road,” Gibbs said. “Tragically, the medical examiner did not provide anything to deal with the legal and moral issues. Much of what he said we already knew. She was significantly brain injured. He answered some questions but he created many others.”
For instance, Gibbs said the medical examiner referred to times when Terri was given morphine for pain, despite the notion she was a “vegetable” and had no cognizant thoughts. The attorney also said he wondered if therapy would have helped Terri to learn to swallow during the last 12 years, despite Thogmartin’s findings that she could not have swallowed given the “atrophy” of those muscles at the time of the autopsy.
Gibbs said he also believes it is up to Michael Schiavo to step forward with details about what happened in the early morning hours the day Terri collapsed—since he reported on Larry King Live and to the medical examiner that the time of Terri’s collapse was at 4:30 a.m., but said he did not call paramedics until 5:40 a.m.
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