Posted on 11/04/2005 3:24:09 AM PST by 8mmMauser
Family members are investigating what they consider to be suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a nursing home patient at the center of a life and death tug-of-war reminiscent of the Terri Schiavo tragedy.
Seventy-nine-year-old Jimmy Chambers died in the early morning hours of Oct. 24 after the tracheotomy tubes that deliver oxygen from a ventilator to a hole in his neck became unhooked. Family members were told Chambers, a resident of the Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in North Augusta, S.C., apparently pulled the interlocking tubes apart.
"We're having it investigated. We're just incredulous," Chambers' daughter, Deanna Potter, told WND in reference to her siblings. "The last time I saw dad he was blowing me a kiss. I blew him one and he blew one back."
The retired dispatcher for Holland Motor Express died approximately 10 hours later. His death certificate indicates he died of "natural causes."
"Apparently, suffocation is a 'natural cause' when you're on a ventilator. We're contesting that," said Potter. "He suffocated. He didn't just pass away. He struggled and fought. And I'm just so angry."
Potter estimates it would have taken 10 to 14 minutes for her father, deprived of oxygen, to fall unconscious, and questions why the nursing home staff didn't come to his aid.
"The oxygen-saturation meter and his ventilator both would have had alarms going off. Four-thirty, five o'clock in the morning you'd think someone would hear this," she added. "That's the thing that really bothers me and makes me suspicious."
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I am just now returning to FR from Christmas visits. Dylan's story makes me very sad about what a world we're in. I just don't understand.
It took me a long time, not just to read it, but to digest it. I had to take it in small bite-sized readings. Too much for one sitting. I am duly horrified.
I noticed that, too. Two angels with the same birthday. I wonder if Kerri and Dave ever realized that connection. For sure, they had to know there would be similarities drawn to Terri's story, because they refused to let the paper publish anything until after Dylan's death. In my mind, this was active euthanasia completely. The whole idea was to put him out of his (their) "misery".
Wait till his book comes out. I'm sure there will be plenty then. But I won't be able to bring myself to read a word of his lies.
Ethics at the end of life? Ha!! These people know nothing of real ethics.
God bless the Schindlers!
Happy New Year to Terri's FReepers!!
Happy New Year all you unwavering Terri's Freepers! It's been a good year with you, hope the next one's better.
Well, I don't find the comparison objectionable : )
because they refused to let the paper publish anything until after Dylan's death
I didn't know that. That's a bit telling, I think.
I agree, 'euthanasia' and out of (their) misery.
8mmMauser posted his son was in much worse condition than Dylan. How I wish Dylan had parents like 8mm - total unconditonal love. His love gave his son 24 years!
Starting with the North Country Gazette:
Bobby Schindler represents the wonderful family of the Schindlers once again, in an event coming up soon.
Bobby Schindler To Speak On Growing Threat of Euthanasia
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Husband of the Year: Michael Schiavo
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Schiavo right-to-die case captured the attention of the world
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HAPPY 2006! IN THE YEAR OF THE LORD!
I do think Michael deserved this tongue-in-cheek award. It's kind of like making the worst-dressed list for Hollywood.
The St. Petersburg Times praises the judge who signed Terri Schindler's order of execution.
St. Pete Times columnist Robyn Blumner praised Greer, "But the winner has to be Judge George Greer of the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court, who refused to let the political circus surrounding the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube interfere with sound judgment [executing a disabled woman]."
"For years, Greer had the unenviable task of presiding over the legal battle between Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, and her parents. Greer, a conservative Republican, was essentially kicked out of his Southern Baptist church due to his actions in the case. He received death threats and had to live under the protection of armed guards. Yet he consistently drew on medical science and the dispassionate application of law to come to the correct rulings, even as Florida lawmakers, the governor, Congress and the president used raw power to turn him away from those guideposts.
"Greer is an exemplar of the profession."
The defenders of our liberties
Please visit Judge George Greer
A reminder that tomorrow morning at 9:00am, Scott Thomas's fate may be sealed. He needs our prayers and support. Judge Wilkes presiding.
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From The New Standard:
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It is my hope for 2006 that Michael Schindler pursues a romance with this reporter.
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