From
http://www.cnsnews.com/pdf/2003/aff2.pdf --
affidavit of Carla Sauer Iyer:
"The atmosphere throughout the facility was dominated by Mr. Schiavo's intimidation. Everyone there, with the exception of several people who seemed to be close to Michael, was intimidated by him. Michael Schiavo always had an overbearing attitude, yelling numerous times such things as 'This is my order and you're going to follow it.' He is very large and uses menacing body language, such as standing too close to you, getting right in your face and practically shouting...
"Michael said again and again that Terri should NOT get any rehab, that there should be no range of motion whatsoever, or anything else...
"Terri's medical condition was systematically distorted and misrepresented by Michael. When I worked with her, she was alert and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence, saying such things as 'mommy,' and 'help me.' 'Help me' was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times. Terri would try to say the word 'pain' when she was in discomfort...
"I made numerous entries into the nursing notes in her chart, stating verbatim what she said and her various behaviors, but by my next on-duty shift, the notes would be deleted from her chart. Every time I made a positive entry about any responsiveness of Terri's, someone would remove it after my shift ended. Michael always demanded to see her chart...The reason I wrote so much was that everybody else seemed to be afraid to make positive entries for fear of their jobs, but I felt very strongly that a nurse's job was to accurately record everything...
"Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused on Terri's death. He would say 'When is she going to die?' 'Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch gonna die?' These statements were common knowledge at Palm Gardens...When she wouldn't die, Michael would be furious. Michael was also adamant that the family should not be given information...I recorded Michael's statements word for word in Terri's chart, but these entries were also deleted after the end of my shift.
"Any time Terri would be sick, like with a UTI or fluid buildup in her lungs, colds, or pneumonia, Michael would be visibly excited, thrilled even, hoping that she would die. He would say something like, 'Hallelujah! You've made my day!' He would call me, as I was the nurse supervisor on the floor, and ask for every little detail...and would call back frequently asking if she was dead yet. He would blurt out 'I'm going to be rich!' and would talk about all the things he would buy when Terri died...
When Michael visited Terri, he always came alone and always had the door closed and locked...He would typically be there about 20 minutes or so. When he left Terri would be trembling, crying hysterically, and would be very pale and have cold sweats. It looked to me like Terri was having a hypoglycemic reaction, so I'd check her blood sugar. The glucometer reading would be so low it was below the range where it would register an actual number reading. I would put dextrose in Terri's mouth to counteract it..."