Michael: Block Bone Scan Showing Possible Abuse of Terri Schiavo

Pinellas Park, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Judge George Greer will hear a motion tomorrow filed by Michael Schiavo that would prevent discovery of information regarding a bone scan conducted on Terri Schiavo that shows she may have been a victim of physical abuse.

While most media outlets have reported that Terri Schiavo collapsed at home in 1990 as a result of a potassium imbalance, Terri's family has long suspected that the real cause may have been physical abuse at the hand of her estranged husband Michael.

A bone scan conducted on Terri in March 1991 showed she had several fractures and was the victim of "abnormal activity" that caused "previous traumas," indicating she may have been beaten or abused.

Attorneys for Terri's family had planned to depose Dr. Campbell Walker, the radiologist who conducted the bone scan, on Friday to obtain his further analysis of it.

Michael's motion asks the court to block the deposition saying that the court has already dealt with the bone scan in previous hearings.

Terri's parents Bob and Mary Schindler hope the information from Dr. Campbell will help show Judge Greer that Michael is unfit to be Terri's guardian. A case to change guardianship to Terri's brother Bob is pending before Greer.

The Schindlers have asked Pinellas County State Attorney Bernie McCabe on several occasions to call a grand jury to investigate the bone scan as well as other abuses during Michael's guardianship.

At the time, McCabe declined to investigate saying too much time had passed between the collapse and the scan.

Also, doctors other than those selected by Michael's attorney have reviewed Terri's medical records.

"It was found that a heart attack did not cause Terri's collapse as everyone was led to believe. Rather, according to one physician, Terri may have been a strangulation victim," Pamela Hennessy, a representative of the family, told LifeNews.com previously.

The Schindlers say Michael also wants to remove any possible evidence that could be used to substantiate accusations of wrongdoing.

Michael wants Terri's body cremated if she dies, which would deny any chance the family has to validate a long-held suspicion.

"Michael has instructed the judge to cremate her body upon her death, which adds even more suspicion to what really happened to Terri," Bob Schindler said.

He added, "We're trying to stop the cremation from happening if Terri does die, so hopefully, we get to the process of investigating what may have happened to Terri that evening."

In September, three nurses filed affidavits saying Michael has withheld proper medical care from Terri.

"He's been trying to kill her -- that's the bottom line," said Carla Sauer Iyer, a 39-year-old registered nurse who cared for Terri Schiavo at a nursing home in 1995 and '96. She says Terri has said words such as "Mommy," "help me" and "pain."

George Felos, the assisted suicide advocate who is Michael's attorney, calls the nurse's statements, "a bunch of garbage." He claims Michael has been insistent that Terri receive the best medical care possible.

ARNIEFUFKIN WROTE: "Terri Schiavo can't eat, drink, see, speak, walk, talk or think. But you people have never felt MORE ALIVE."

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I AM RESPONDING:
Where did you get THAT information?

Terri MAY be able to eat and drink , but "LOVING" Hitleresque-HINO Michael won't LET her even TRY to eat or drink by mouth.

Terri ABSOLUTELY CAN see and can think! Indeed, she could see to follow the balloon, and when told on the phone that she would be killed if she didn't get up and walk out of the hospice room prior to "LOVING" Hitleresque-HINO Michael having her feeding tube removed, she suddenly and FRANTICLY attempted to JUMP UP out of the chair she was sitting in!

It is true she cannot currently speak or walk. And if she could get HER $750,000.00 of THERAPY that "LOVING" Hitleresque-HINO Michael STOLE, she could probably LEARN how to walk and talk and IMPROVE on the other things.

But you people have never felt MORE ALIVE.

Now, Arne, wait just a gosh darn minute!

What about during the gulf war (six weeks glued to the TV set)?
What about when the world-wide-web first became available?
What about when the earthquake hit Los Angelos?
What about when Ross Perot turned up out of nowhere?
What about when the stock market crashed?
What about when Al Gore tried to steal the election?
What about when Kennedy's plane went down?
What about when the fire raged through the club in Rhode Island?
What about when the World Trade Towers went down taking two cousins with them?
What about during the Anthrax scare?
What about during the Bush 2000 campaign and the 3 Big Debates?

What about when each of my children was born?
What about when my oldest went off to kindergarten?
What about when my youngest went off to kindergarten?

What about at the clubhouse two weekends ago(great party!)?

What about at President Bush's visit last weekend?
What about at CPAC last year?

Arne, how about during the unfolding of SARS? You see there is so much to be ALIVE for!

Here is some relevant information, which supports the assertion that Michael Schiavo is trying to kill his wife.

Former caregivers file affidavits supporting allegations.
Three medical professionals who had cared for Terri in the past filed affidavits accompanying the lawsuit, disputing Michael Schiavo's claims that his wife was in a "Persistent Vegetative State," which is the requirement under Florida law for a feeding tube to be removed. The medical experts also chronicled a long history of alleged denial of care and therapy by Schiavo.
Carolyn Johnson, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), cared for Terri in a nursing home in the early 1990s. She described her shock at being ordered not to provide the same care for Terri as a patient in the same room with a similar brain injury was receiving.
"I learned, as part of my training, that there was a family dispute and that the husband, as guardian, wanted no rehabilitation for Terri," Johnson explained. "Once, I wanted to put a cloth in Terri's hand to keep her hand from closing in on itself, but I was not permitted to do this, as Michael Schiavo considered that to be a form of rehabilitation."
Another CNA, Heidi Law, cared for Terri at a convalescent center in the mid and late 1990s. Law described similar orders she received not to encourage Mrs. Schiavo's recovery.
"I know that Terri did not receive routine physical therapy or any other kind of therapy. I was personally aware of orders for rehabilitation that were not being carried out," Law alleged in her affidavit. "Even though they were ordered, Michael [Schiavo] would stop them. Michael [Schiavo] ordered that Terri receive no rehabilitation or range of motion therapy."
Law also alleged that her attempts to document Terri's potential for improvement were thwarted.
"I made extensive notes and listed all of Terri's behaviors, but there was never any apparent follow-up consistent with her responsiveness," Law said. "There were trash cans at the nurses stations that we were supposed to empty each shift, and I often saw the notes in them."
Law directly disputes Michael Schiavo's claim that Terri is in a Persistent Vegetative State, as well. In her affidavit, she detailed how she routinely provided Terri with a wet washcloth filled with ice chips to keep her mouth moistened and, on at least three occasions, fed Terri flavored gelatin.
"I personally saw her swallow the ice water and never saw her gag. [Another CAN] and I frequently put orange juice or apple juice in her washcloth to give her something nice to taste, which made her happy," Law recalled. "On three or four occasions I personally fed Terri small mouthfuls of Jell-O, which she was able to swallow and enjoyed immensely."
Nurse recalls Schiavo asking, 'When is that bitch gonna die?'
Carla Sauer Iyer was a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at the same convalescent center in the mid 1990s, and also cared for Terri. She described Mr. Schiavo as being "focused on Terri's death.
"Michael [Schiavo] would say, 'When is she going to die? Has she died yet?' and 'When is that bitch going to die?'" Iyer charged. "Other statements which I recall him making include, 'Can't anything be done to accelerate her death, won't she ever die?' When she wouldn't die, Michael [Schiavo] would be furious."
Conversely, Iyer said that when she would have to call Schiavo to inform him of a downturn in Terri's condition, Schiavo would be elated. Here is some relevant information, which support the contention that Michael Schiavo is trying to kill his wife.
"Michael would be visibly excited, thrilled even, hoping that she would die," Iyer recalled. "He would blurt out, 'I'm going to be rich,' and would talk about all the things he would buy when Terri died, which included a new car, a new boat and going to Europe, among other things."
Iyer also described incidents of Terri Schiavo talking, moving voluntarily and responding to external stimuli, descriptions that Iyer said were removed from Mrs. Schiavo's medical records. Both Law and Iyer reported Terri verbally communicating, also contradicting Michael Schiavo's claim that his wife was in a Persistent Vegetative State. "During the time I cared for Terri, she formed words. I have heard her say 'mommy' from time to time, and 'momma,'" Law recalled. "She also said 'help me' a number of times."
Iyer described Terri as "alert and oriented," and said Michael Schiavo "systematically distorted" Terri's medical condition.
"Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence, saying such things as 'mommy' and 'help me,'" Iyer recalled. "'Help me' was, in fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds of times."
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...another Catholic here too, but just about ready to leave the church over gay priests, gay bishops, and "Pedophiles Gone Wild".

But some STRONG VOCAL Catholic LEADERSHIP here SUPPORTING TERRI would go a LONG WAY to win me (and millions of others) back!

Here is spin on this story most Catholics should understand and SUPPORT:

Florida State University - Humanities 101

If you damage a fertilized sea turtle egg, you are called a "FELON" and given a $10,000 fine.

But if you deliberately kill a beautiful 39 year old woman,
* who smiles at her parents,
* who tracks people around the room,
* who laughs at her father's jokes,
* who CAN swallow, but is NOT ALLOWED to be fed by spoon,
* who can sometimes say small words, and at times tries her best to reply,
* who cries when she sees her parents are leaving,
* who sits up in a chair during the day, and signals to her caregivers when she is tired and ready for bed,
* ...
...... If you deliberately KILL HER, you are called "YOUR HONOR" and paid $150,000 per year.

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"Where there's life, there's hope."
-Terri Schiavo ( arguing with her best friend Diane Meyer ) angrily PROMOTING LIFE FOR the comatose
-Kate Adamson ( former vegetative patient nearly starved to death ) "Its VERY painful... Its SHEER torture!"

-Michael Schiavo (teaching Terri she can NEVER DIVORCE him) minutes before her 'collapse'
-Michael's 1993 girlfriend ("he can be the most INCREDIBLY MEAN person!")
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