(out soon) from medical perspective.
Posted on 08/10/2005 10:38:54 AM PDT by marshmallow
CLEARWATER - Michael Schiavo has asked a court to waive the two-year statute of limitations on filing a medical malpractice lawsuit against one or more of his deceased wife's caregivers.
Terri Schiavo, 41, died March 31 after her feeding tube was removed after a seven-year court battle.
Schiavo's attorney in this case, Mark Perenich, said he was not able to discuss the proposed lawsuit behind Tuesday's request for an extension of the two-year statute of limitations.
By law, medical malpractice lawsuits must be filed within two years of the alleged misconduct unless an extension is granted.
In October 2003, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed on court order. Doctors reinserted it on orders from Gov. Jeb Bush.
Crist is about as dedicated to the cause of justice as is Greer and Rice. NOT.
Crist is outstanding in the same field as Janet Reno.
(out soon) from medical perspective.
What was that about him not getting a cent off of her death???
I'm pretty sure he already won a lawsuit that was to pay for her expenses for as long as she lived which was for malpractice. When the funds ran low, he started the "pull the plug" actions. He is truly an evil person. Where are the vigilantes when we need them?
"ARE NOT TERMINAL"
My friend who died at hospice wasn't terminal. He had lung cancer and had surgery at Mofitt Cancer Center and was pronounced cancer free. He was still having some breathing problems, and was coughing up a lot of stuff after the surgery. He slept propped up because of the coughing. He couldn't spit the stuff out when he was laying flat of his back.
He had problems in the middle of the night, his wife called the doctor. The doctor said to take him to the hospice because it was less that 2 miles away. They lived about 60 miles from Mofitt. The doctor called the hospice and asked the nurses to make him comfy. Well, they did...they layed him flat of his back, gave him some oxygen, and a morphine drip and he died.
His wife believes he would be alive today if they had taken him somewhere else.
If you lay someone flat who has fluid, they'll drown. In the good old days, they would suction out the fluid, not lay the patient flat.
Janet Reno....you mean, the hired lawyer who's not really a lawyer, but someone's political weapon?
Well, there's also the grave marker, showing that it's not HIS life that's buried there....just hers....and the lie, of course, indicating he "kept his promise." But that begs the question, which promise? Because THE promise to the jury was that he would TAKE CARE OF TERRI FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
That wasn't his promise to the jury. He told the jury that was his promise to Terri. To take care of her for the rest of his life. When he told the jury about his promise to Terri, he was playing word games. I think his actual promise was "I'll take care of you, my pretty, if it takes me the rest of my life!"
OMG, what have we become?
Thank you all for your kind replies. I did not know Mae died--God bless her.
In my career I have seen many pass on. What has always amazed me is that God may pick the month, the week, the day, but those that pass on pick the moment. I've spoken of this before. Some wait until that last child gets into town. Some may wait until their spouse reaches the bedside. Yet others will wait until their spouse leaves the hospital, giving them time for a much needed rest.
My grandfather was able to be transferred home. He died in his own bed. I thank God for that. My grandmother was living and even with her Alzhiemer's, she never forgot who her husband was. She may not have been able to comprehend he was in the hospital (or retain the information for longer than 2 seconds), but she knew he was not there.
I could not have been able to bear his death in the hospital before he saw her one more time.
She was able to see him again, he was able to see her, to say goodbye and to die with her at his side.
On some level she knew he was gone because she quickly went downhill after that. She was 94. In spite of her mental status, she was also healthy. (I come from strong stock). But she followed him 6 weeks later.
I miss them both and realize I am lucky to have had my grandparents for almost 50 of my 51 years.
This may be information overload, but it felt good to talk about it. Thanks for your ears.
That's my recollection also, except I never bought the claim that she died from cancer. She was still perfectly healthy except for the diagnosis of cancer only a couple weeks prior. Have you ever known of a healthy person being diagnosed with cancer, and dying from it a couple weeks later, before there were any symptoms?
You need to be more specific. He looks like the geological center of the back end of a mule.
He acts that way, too.
foflol! do I detect a high-pitched voice in that promise, too? but you're quite right, BB. The promise, and word-games and all....quite right.
My comment from #466 above:
When he put "I kept my promise" on her memorial, the venom in his words was almost palpable. He never kept his vows to "love, honor and cherish" Terri. The only promise he ever kept to her was to kill her -- and he dated it February 25, 1990. Think about that.
Followed by a hideous cackle.
yes, imagine that, T'wit....absolutely; in his mind, he'd killed her in 1990; so it does appear that the ONLY sincere promise he ever made to Terri WAS kept....to kill her.
absolutely hideous.
I think this may well be true. Thank you for sharing. May your fond memories never be forgotten. I carry some of my own of my grandmothers, as well (both my grandfathers died before I was born).
His promise to HER. If it was his only way to finance his promise to her, than one can understand it. I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO AGREE, I'm just saying understand it. Geez.. what am I thinking...there's no other way than your way.
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