Nelson was trying to portray her as PVS, -- and every media serpent in the country picked up on that, -- but of course they cannot determine PVS post-mortem. He was grandstanding to compare Terri's dehydrated brain weight with Quinlan's. That's utterly unprofessional. Terri was far more responsive than Quinlan and it wasn't her fault that her brain was injured in the first place. Blame that on her no-good killer.
Thogmartin did the neck and said she couldn't swallow safely. He meant what doctors mean by that, that the patient might aspirate -- get food down the wrong tube and into her lungs. That is indeed dangerous -- but executing her because she can't swallow safely is a lot more dangerous!
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Schiavo timeline troubles governor
Published June 17, 2005
"Bush said he decided to seek the investigation after talking with Dr. Jon Thogmartin, the Pinellas-Pasco medical examiner who spent nearly 11 weeks preparing Schiavo's autopsy report, and learning that the doctor could not determine what led Schiavo to collapse in 1990".....
"What he did say to me that was troubling ... was that there was some doubt about when she collapsed and how long it took for a phone call to be made to 911," Bush said. "I think that is worthy of some investigation."
Jeb Bush asks for investigation after talking with Thogmartin.
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CREMATION APPROVAL (Florida Statutes 406.11(1)(c))
1. Before authorizing the irretrievable disposal of a body by cremation, the Medical Examiner must be assured that no future question will arise about the cause or circumstances of the death of the individual.