Appeals court ruling favors Terri Schiavo's parents

Boston Glob ^ | 1/13/04 | staff

[floriduh voter]

And, now after all this time, Felos is on the radio reporting Terri's condition. Hurrah. She was sick last week but the doctors are tending to her. Why the 180?

[floriduh voter]

Thanks for your efforts. It's good that we send Jeb information under the assumption that he may not have this detail or that. One detail could get Terri out of harm's way once and for all.

[phenn]

Thank you, de-ah. (That's Bostonian for 'dear')

[Ohioan from Florida]

Why the 180?

Well, we all know the answer to that! Felos is the spin-meister from Hell! For him, it's all about perseption, whether the perception is true or not! And the media at large is usually his puppet!

[nicmarlo]

One detail could get Terri out of harm's way once and for all.

Helping Terri's get our of harm's way....one more detail on top of the glaring mountain of evidence....surely that's got to catch someone's interest enough to save her from murder......that's what we're all hoping for! : )

[floriduh voter]

"In 1998, Michael petitioned the court to allow him to have Terri's feeding tube removed. Terri's parents fought the request. When the smoke cleared, Judge George Greer of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, Florida, had found that Terri is PVS and that Michael had presented clear and convincing evidence that she would want to die. Judge Greer also refused to permit Terri to receive rehabilitation before her tube was removed, despite credible medical testimony that she might be able to relearn to take nourishment and water by mouth. The Florida Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Greer's ruling. Terri's dehydration began on October 15, 2003.

That would normally have been that. But Terri's case has been anything but normal. Disability-rights activists, Christian conservatives, public-policy advocates (myself included), talk-radio hosts, and Internet bloggers launched an intense grass-roots political campaign to pressure Governor Bush to intervene. In an unprecedented outpouring, people from all over the country responded, sending Bush and other Florida politicians tens of thousands of e-mails, letters, and phone messages, culminating in Terri's Law."

Many people came together. This was from another thread called Dehydration Nation. FV

[iowamomforfreedom]

He admitted to this in the Larry King Live interview:


SCHIAVO: Let's talk about the rehab.

When this happened to Terri, I sued Prudential Insurance for her rehab benefits. She (AUDIO GAP) Bayfront Medical Center for three months getting extensive rehab...

KING: In Clearwater, right?

SCHIAVO: In St. Petersburg.

KING: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

SCHIAVO: She spent three months there. Then, while she was there, we heard of this doctor in California here that was doing experimental surgery, implanting stimulators in people's brains in hopes to stimulate any activity.

Now, we were told with this, too (Ph) when this doctor looked at the CAT scans, that it was probably not going to work Because there's just no brain left. But I did it anyway, because I loved Terri. And I wanted to bring my wife back. I wanted to have my wife back in me.

So I flew her out to California by myself, with a nurse. And I spent a month there. They inserted the stimulator.

KING: Didn't work?

SCHIAVO: No, it eventually didn't work, no. The protocol for the stimulator was three months. I kept it on her for a year.

[Ohioan from Florida]

The protocol for the stimulator was three months. I kept it on her for a year.

Funny how Michael became the guru, isn't it? He not only didn't have court approval for doing this procedure, he did it for longer than was recommended, and to top it all off, he never gave her the further rehabilitation in Gainesville that she should have gotten following the procedure! Every single aspect of Terri's case continues to stun me no matter how many times I've seen the info before. I am galled that the court system has let Terri down so many times! The whole purpose of the review by appellate courts is to make sure the laws have properly been followed. Terri would have a better chance at justice if she were actually convicted for murder.

[iowamomforfreedom]

What galls me more, is all the other protective agencies that fell down on the job before it got to this level in the courts. DCF and the Guardianship Committee should have put an end to this years ago. I am stunned by the ineptness/corruptness in Florida. Nobody did their job along the way.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Note that Greer sits on the Guardianship Committee.

Nobody did their job along the way.

That's been true in Florida for a long time, well, maybe even in most of America for that matter. It's been one long chain of passing the buck through the "system". And whistleblowers have never fared well when they spoke up. I have a brother who learned that lesson the hard way. He tried pointing out the fraud going on in his neck-of-the-woods way back when, and the big guys trumped up false charges against him. He decided it would be safer for him and his young family to move on down the road.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Thank you. So it looks like the husband HAS tried to help Terri. Unfortunately, that was in the past. Now he's determined to see her die.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Yes, he did provide rehabilitation for Terri until he won the malpractice suit against her gynecologist. Since he sued Prudential (which I think was Terri's employer at the time), I'm guessing that as long as he was spending other people's money it was fine. When it was time for him to fork over the dough (out of Terri's rehab money), it was time for a DNR order. He couldn't just let that money go to waste on a "vegetable" now could he?

[phenn]

There will be a hearing on Tuesday, March 2 at 2.00pm. I'll attend and try to write an update here when it's done.

[cyn]

"There will be a hearing on Tuesday, March 2 at 2.00pm. I'll attend and try to write an update here when it's done."

Hi, phenn -- thanks for the info. You all remain in our thoughts & prayers, and esp. for Tues. hearing.

Do we know when the motion to revise visitation might be heard? I'm so concerned they'll just slip it in, as so many other things have happened, and shut the Schindlers out.

[185JHP]

Tks4ping.

[Chocolate Rose]

Bump with a for Terri !

[KDubRN]

The experimental surgery she had in late '90 in California. They implanted electrodes then.

[KDubRN]

I understand that on January 7th 2004, Michael Schiavo filed a petition to modify visitation, requesting strict orders to allow him to be the only person to dictate all orders concerning Terri upon her admittance to an acute care setting.
Does anyone know if the court ever heard or ruled on that that motion? The nursing home seemed to be acting as if it was approved.


Debbie's motion regarding new visitation rules has not been re-set for hearing.