Posted on 05/28/2007 9:33:12 AM PDT by wagglebee
Two or three months later, he tried to kill her by ordering her facility not to give her antibiotics for a UTI.
Also Michael was very revengeful and took it out on Terri.
He wouldn’t allow her to have therapy to talk (she could say a few words), he wouldn’t allow her to have therapy to swallow better (she COULD swallow soft foods), he turned her family’s pictures around in her room, wouldn’t allow her to go outside for some fresh air, wouldn’t allow sunlight in her room, wouldn’t allow her see the cute little dogs that are brought around to cheer patients, wouldn’t allow her teeth to be brushed, etc.
He was a sadist who euthanized Terri’s two cats, and worse, admitted on the Larry King show that he had his parents starved to death when they were sick with cancer, etc., and abused Terri before the collapse, and continued to abuse her.
Yes. Her use of the word "stop!" shows up on her med charts and she could say a few other words. The nurses reported on that. But in Michael's long regime of denying her therapy or even stimulation, Terri stopped verbalizing. I gather that she did make expressive sounds, but no longer tried words. Pat Anderson (the attorney) speaks movingly of her husband's effort, years later, to correct that and get Terri verbalizing again. He taught her to the equivalent of "yes" and "no," at least with some success. He took it especially hard when Terri was put to death not long afterward. They both did. I, for one, wish Pat Anderson were still speaking about the case. She is an encyclopedia about Terri's story and the law.
Thank you!
Heeehee,Your not a Doctor.God bless you,Fatima
Ummm ... what do you suppose the "MD" stands for? (Hint: it ain't "Maryland" ...)
Funny thing about this. I can't find Jackie Rhoades testimony from a 1996 hearing. All I can find is her testimony from a 1/26/2000 hearing. And nowhere in that testimony does she mention signs of physical injury, such as bruises.
Is she the person who said one thing in her deposition and another at trial? I vaguely remember reading something like that in the past, but don't recall details. I'm wondering if the discrepancy you found is the difference between the deposition and the trial testimony.
I don't know, but I heard he was appointed right after he voiced his public support for the results of Lori Klausutis' autopsy.
That's strange. I see 3 or 4 articles on different dates on the same webpage. Maybe some others would like you check your version of the truth out.
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"... Meanwhile, the final report has been issued that Lori died as a result of a blow to the head because an undiagnosed heart condition caused her to collapse and fall, hitting her head on the desk.
"The initial reports from the Medical Examiner's office denied any trauma to the body that would indicate cause of death. But Berkland [the M.E.] acknowledged on Monday, August 6th, that Lori had sustained a "scratch and a bruise" on her head and that his original denials were to prevent undue speculation about the cause of death. "The last thing we wanted was 40 questions about a head injury", he said.
"And so, what we have here is the death of a healthy young woman who died of a blow to the head and a lie from the Medical Director's office about this blow which was quite obvious to the naked eye. They then had to go search for some reason why she might have "fallen" and hit her head. And they have found an "undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmia". But a number of questions remain to be answered, and we have requested opinions from Dr. Nelson, the Chairman of the Medical Examiners Commission...." source
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It's amazing how often undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmia kills off healthy young Florida women. ... The above item from a politically unfriendly source. I hope they were similiarly suspicious about Terri Schiavo supposedly keeling over with undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmia -- and right in the middle of a domestic fight.
"The attending medical examiner, Dr. Michael Berkland, stated in his report that she had fainted and fallen, hitting her head on a desk. This, he said, broke her skull in a 7-inch transverse fracture running from right temple to left, pulverized a region of bone the size of a small marble inside the skull behind the right ear and caused a fist-sized hematoma, or effusion of blood, gathering below the dura mater of the left side of the skull. There was also a contusion, or bruise, on the back of the head. Bloody foam, signifying a death of slow asphyxiation, bubbled up from her lungs into her mouth. Just for good measure, Dr. Berkland claimed that Lori's heart had also failed."
More from the same source. Did I say unfriendly? They even taunt Freepers! :-)
Let me guess. You believe Michael Schiavo's trusted testimony, the person who put Terri to death.
“But individual states have traditionally dealt with this issue.”
The government (including unelected jurists, state, local or federal), is not allowed to end the life of an innocent and disabled human being. That goes for Terri, unborn children or the elderly.
If you think otherwise, there’s a place for you in China, Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, etc.
Lots of family diputes end in murder but this one was state sponsored. That’s why Jeb is out of the limelight. He knows what went down...
In bjs1779 post # 1181
Nelson is employed by Thogmartin. Or should I say that he should say what Thogmartin wants him to say if he wants his job?The original exchange was between me and bjs1779. You jumped into it, and then claimed not to know about the original statement. I posted it again for you in post #1285. You obviously saw that post, because you answered it and continued to claim that Thogmartin employed Nelson.
If you don't want to be rebutted, don't claim things that aren't so.
Please read what I've actually said, not what you think or want to believe I've said.
Calm down, it's better for your blood pressure. If you read my post, I said quite clearly that I read her testimony from the 2000 trial. And nowhere in that testimony does she mention bruises, or any physical injury. If there is more medical testimony on this, link to it. However the University of Miami's Terri Schiavo timeline doesn't even show a 1996 Guardianship hearing. Maybe that's why I didn't find it?
If you think it exists, link to it.
I'm always glad to look at medical information on this. Please link to the right testimony.
Good question! A google search turns up that she spoke about bruises on a TV interview, in 2005. One wonders why she wouldn't say the same under oath five years earlier, presumably when it mattered more.
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