Michael Schiavo Larry King Live

CNN Live ^ | 10-24-03 | Larry King

[JustPiper]

Michael Shiavo gets Larry King Monday October 27th,2003. This is a change of programming from website!

[Theosis]

Please Ping others on Terri's list. Fox news to counter CNN tonight. Please see a couple entries back or go to Fr. Rob Johansen's blog at http://thrownback.blogspot.com

[ZAKJAN]

please make sure i am on all the ping lists....i don't even know how to get on them!!
HELP!!

Lol
a "Used to be Lurker"
Jan

[Saundra Duffy]

Thank you for posting the dialogue. I think it was EXCELLENT! Connie Chung nailed those two a couple of times. The truth is slowly but surely getting out! Yahoo . . . for life!

[Saundra Duffy]

Yes, my blood is boiling!!!!!!!!!

[Theosis]

I'm not sure if I'm on or off either, or how to use it. NYer, please add me to the ping list and please ping Fr. Johansen's news about Terri's advocates appearing on Fox!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks. :O)

[ZAKJAN]

Greta has advertised on her site that she'll have people on to talk about the california fires.....wonder if she had sudden change in plans...

[Republic]

Would lift up the Schindler family in prayer, and their attorney, regarding tonight's media presentation?

[ZAKJAN]

We'll have the latest on the deadly wildfires threatening thousands of homes in southern California
Plus, why does Dem. presidential candidate Al Sharpton say we're playing "Bush roulette?"
Get on the Record with Greta tonight at 10 p.m. ET!

• E-mail the show: ontherecord@foxnews.com

[lonevoice]

In your post #146, you raise some valid issues, but because of the medical records being sealed, I don't know how the questioning could be gotten around or proven or disproven.

Yes, it would be impossible to deliver any knock-out punches in a dramatic Perry Mason-like fashion during this interview largely because of the absence of medical records. Asking a man who may be a sociopath such questions as "Why don't you just divorce Terri so her family can care for her and you can marry your girlfriend?" isn't going to produce anything of use. He'd just answer something like, "Because I love Terri so much. I promised her she would never live like this and I must fulfill my promise to her no matter how much pain it causes me." (All delivered while holding back the visible tears in his eyes.)

The best we might hope for is to use his formal press statement to gather more information that could be used to refute his claims. These are some of the claims Michael (really Felos) made in his statement that I'd like to question him about...

"I took Terri to California. I stayed with her while doctors performed an experimental procedure to implant electrodes in her brain to stimulate its function. I spent months working with her - hopeful of a cure. Months later, the doctors told me the electrodes were not working."

Do Terri's parents know about this neurosurgery where electrodes were implanted into their daughter's brain? When was this brain surgery performed, and at what institution and by what neurosurgeon? Did Terri have a second brain surgery to remove the electrodes? When and where?

"I took Terri to Mediplex, in Bradenton, Florida, which is a residential rehabilitation facility that specializes in brain injuries. She spent months there in intensive physical, speech, and occupational therapy and testing."

Approximately when did you take Terri to Mediplex and how long was she inpatient there?

"Finally, the doctors and therapist told me and the Schindlers they could do nothing more for her. I hired a private duty aide 8 hours a day to take Terri on outings to parks and museums trying to stimulate her - looking for any sign of life, any flicker of hope. There was none - ever."

Is there an affidavit in the Court record from the private duty aide? If not, why not?

"Over the years, I had three swallowing tests performed on Terri in the hope that some of the therapies would allow her to be weaned off the feeding tube. The test all showed no change, and I was advised she could not swallow food. Even now, the nursing home staff says that sometimes Terri gags and chokes on the moisture from the swabs they use to moisten her lips."

What are the approximate dates that the three swallowing tests were performed?

"The reports you heard from nursing home aides that Terri was responsive years ago are not true...It seemed to me, during that time, that the aides never did enough for Terri. Some days they did not put her makeup on. I would storm into the nursing home insisting that they do so. I knew Terri always wanted to look her best. Sometimes, the aides did not get her dressed and sitting up until late in the morning. They did not always get her hair combed. They sometimes failed to give her vitamins and medications on time. At each of those failures, I became enraged and lashed out. I felt so helpless."

Are you saying that three CNA's committed perjury by submitting false sworn affidavits to the Court? Do you see where a reasonable person might have a hard time believing three different healthcare professionals were willing to risk loss of licensure, paying fines and jail terms because you shouted at them for not brushing Terri's hair?

[viaveritasvita]

Yes, nic and I have been on the SD fire threads and have posted to each other. Any friend of 'sweets is a friend of mine.

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[MeekOneGOP]

Thanks for the reminder this is on tonight ...

[sweetliberty]

Excellent questions LV. I hope you get through.

[NYer]

Please see a couple entries back or go to Fr. Rob Johansen's blog at http://thrownback.blogspot.com

Thanks for the heads up! :-) Big grin .... but who do you think will have the bigger audience? And, there is always Alan Colmes to take the liberal side whereas Larry King (Dead) Alive is strictly him. Will ping the list!

TERRI SCHIAVO PING! – let me know if you want on/off this ping list

[ZAKJAN]

NJ here
:)

[ZAKJAN]

PING

[sweetliberty]

"taking the facts and piecing it together. NOT PURE SPECULATION."

If you want facts, check this link.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I hope larry doesnt tell mr schiavo of all his heart problems or he may get a court order to cut off kings food supply.

[lonevoice]

I'm going to try to get through even though I can't watch it...no TV. Thanks to all who are going to try to keep us informed as the interview progresses.

[MagnoliaMS]

Me, too. Let's keep this one.