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There's at least one more Schiavo brother ... and this one has a different story:

" And when the couple went to his grandmother's funeral, Scott Schiavo says, Terri Schiavo told him she would not want to be put on a respirator, as the grandmother had been. "

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1008562/posts

FYI...

Another email from my nonFReeper friend:

"Having done much research I was able to focus on the facts and Mr. Schiavo was less than honest in the LK interview.

After the Larry King show where Michael Schiavo talked about Terri having a 2.0 potassium (K) I started asking questions. I already knew that the EKG was normal. I felt that something was wrong with his allusion to bulimia. How can a person have K that low and not have evidence on an EKG?

So, I looked into it.Actually, the potassium (K) was low on admission to the hospital. Terri did not have a heart attack, her cardiac blood enzymes were not elevated, her heart stopped.

There is no evidence that I have been able to find of a history of K imbalance or any other evidence of bulimia such as erosion of dental enamel. There are other tests that go hand in hand with the K being that low. Normal K is 3.5 - 5.3 mEq/L. Below 3.5 mEq/L there are marked changes on the EKG (depressed ST segment, flattened T waves, and prominent T waves).

But, the EKG was normal. It drove me crazy. How could the EKG be normal if the K was so low? Why were other markers normal?

I emailed all the nurses I know and kept asking "Am I missing something"? Finally I got the labs and the interpretation. Blood sugar was 376. K was 2.0. All other labs normal.

The EMS had given Terri IV solution which contains a sugar , probably D5W, before she got to the hospital. She was most likely over hydrated and this influenced the K results.

Dr. Hammesfahr does not think the K was a factor in the cardiac arrest (heart stopped) and heart attack was ruled out.

Now, Michael Schiavo is a nurse that really should know better and he has all the doctor's reports. I fear that he was leading us all down the garden path yesterday with his implications of bulimia and electrolyte imbalance."

xxx xxxx

Well that is all fine and dandy. No one is talking about a respirator here. If fact, the issue has ONLY been a FEEDING TUBE. It galls me to hear MS family say these things and they don't even think before opening their mouths.

Well, how is this relevant. I don't think Terri was ever on a respirator, was she?