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Terri's husband isn't the enemy, guardian says
Orlando Sentinel ^ | February 25, 2005 | Mike Thomas

Posted on 03/19/2005 9:18:52 AM PST by EveningStar

Wolfson's report is based on court files, depositions, medical records and interviews with everyone involved.

That said, I begin with the most explosive allegation:

Did Michael try to kill Terri?

Wolfson laughs. "No!"

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Wolfson's report states that in the four years after her collapse, Michael "had insistently held to the premise that Theresa could recover and the evidence is incontrovertible that he gave his heart and soul to her treatment and care . . . In late autumn of 1990, following months of therapy and testing and formal diagnoses of persistent vegetative state with no evidence of improvement, Michael took Theresa to California, where she received an experimental thalamic stimulator implant in her brain. Michael remained in California caring for Theresa during a period of several months."

Says Wolfson now: "Michael was adoring of her. One nursing home complained he was hostile and abusive of the staff in championing her care. She was immaculately kept. In 13 years, she never had one bedsore."

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: jaywolfson; psychoticmalenurse; schiavo; terri; terrischiavo; wifekiller
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To: KenmcG414

"He just pulled the plug"

What plug?


681 posted on 03/19/2005 6:20:37 PM PST by Smartaleck
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To: GeekDejure

Hold the CTRL key down and press the plus ( + ) key next to the backspace key. Should increase your fonts. Assuming you are using FireFox. If that doesn't work, the universal Windows font resize is to hold the CTRL key down while rolling the scroll wheel on your mouse downward.


682 posted on 03/19/2005 6:22:58 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
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To: UCANSEE2
OK, I appreciate the confirmation. It was a logical thing to do, which is why I made the assumption.

It was an analytical response.(something I am pretty good at, most of the time)

Sometimes people let me down.:-)

683 posted on 03/19/2005 6:23:55 PM PST by Cold Heat (This space is being paid not to do anything.)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

LOL! I'll have to remember that one!


684 posted on 03/19/2005 6:25:50 PM PST by Trinity_Tx (Since Oct 9, 2000...Just a new, and soon to be changed, again, nick)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
You're right, the Schindler's are after the money.

Where did you get that? I never said that.

685 posted on 03/19/2005 6:26:52 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Drango

"From the Kansas City Star and this thread"

WOW...thanks for a most intereting and enlightening article.


686 posted on 03/19/2005 6:26:56 PM PST by Smartaleck
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To: UCANSEE2
Where did you get that?

From your post. If you haven't noticed, the Schindler's have been suing people left and right (except themselves and their lawyers), and in each instance, it's been about money.

687 posted on 03/19/2005 6:29:40 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
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To: penowa

"NOT proven. No one KNOWS what happened to Terri. NOT EVEN YOU!"

Her condition and the cause was adduced by various experts who examined her and offered a diognosis. This was entered into the various court records and while perhaps not absolute proof, sufficient enough for the legal system to act on it. The insurance company and doctors against whom the husband brought a suit apparently accepted the diognosis as they decided to settle and argue the facts no more.

You knew that right?


688 posted on 03/19/2005 6:31:51 PM PST by Smartaleck
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I understand, and yes it's only speculation as I pointed out. But to add to that speculation, I have to wonder what motive Mr. Schiavo had by remaining married to Terri despite living with another women and having children by her? Seems disrespectful to their marriage and it couldn't be because Terri had no one to oversee her health care and finances since the parents were more than willing. But yes, without a living will it becomes hearsay.


689 posted on 03/19/2005 6:33:38 PM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Servant of the 9
Because he gave her his word he would carry out her wishes and see her dead,

And when was that? Because the records indicate that her "wish" was implied from an off-hand comment she made while watching a movie. And that was hearsay by Michael. By default hearsay is inadmissible as evidence, therefore to be accepted it must list the exception that allows it to be admitted. "Because it sounds good" is not one of them.

690 posted on 03/19/2005 6:36:44 PM PST by AndrewC (All these moments are tossed in lime, like trains in the rear.)
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To: AlbionGirl; Peach

"Not sure, but I think the ad litem (sp?) is Judge Greer."

Jay Wolfson, covered in this news article.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1365979/posts


691 posted on 03/19/2005 6:37:21 PM PST by Smartaleck
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To: UCANSEE2

So how do you know what's in Michael's mind?


692 posted on 03/19/2005 6:37:54 PM PST by Hildy
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To: Smartaleck
intereting and enlightening article.

#155 is worth reposting 'cause FReepers come here all the time asserting there has never been a nutral, independent review. Here are the main points again, but it won't make any difference...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1365979/posts

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Wolfson was appointed by a Florida court in the fall of 2003 to be Schiavo's guardian ad litem, or guardian at law, to deduce Schiavo's best interests and represent neither her husband nor her parents but Terri Schiavo herself.

This makes Wolfson one of the very few people to have spent extended time with Schiavo and gauged her level of awareness without having a vested interest at stake.

In the end, after long hours at Schiavo's bedside and after poring over 30,000 pages of legal documents, Wolfson concluded that Schiavo was indeed in a permanent vegetative state.

693 posted on 03/19/2005 6:38:04 PM PST by Drango (All my ideas, good or bad, are stolen from other FReepers)
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To: UCANSEE2

Right, because it was a CARDIAC ARREST. Meaning her heart stopped. Some people have incorrectly said "heart attack", which is different than cardiac arrest. So what? Her heart stopped because of an electrolyte imbalance, most noticably a potassium level of 2.


694 posted on 03/19/2005 6:38:09 PM PST by Annie03
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To: RoseofTexas
She was immaculately kept. In 13 years, she never had one bedsore."

I believe this was due to the fact the parents were the ones closely supervising her care! Leave to a liberal rag to paint the murdering hubby into a Champion!

Then all those postings about her not being taken care of properly are false?

695 posted on 03/19/2005 6:39:33 PM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: Smartaleck
Why? Because I was going on information I found up to that point. Upon further investigation I have found I was partially correct, but my conclusion was wrong. I do go to the trouble of continuing to find the truth, and admit when I made a mistake.

One of the doctors was exonerated, the rest were not. The charges applied, that is why the Jury awarded the money.

696 posted on 03/19/2005 6:39:44 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Cold Heat

"Since you seem to take pleasure in spouting useless vanities at me, you can chew on that one for a while."

Your patience is much appreciated by another who has had to bite their tongue.....regarding more than one poster. :-)


697 posted on 03/19/2005 6:42:16 PM PST by Smartaleck
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To: Annie03; UCANSEE2

Right CARDIAC ARREST and HEART ATTACK are two different things.


698 posted on 03/19/2005 6:42:52 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
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To: Smartaleck
The host doesn't go with "last rites".

Accepted. I am not Catholic, so I defer to someone who does know.

Another poster was referring to it as LAST RITES, and I assumed that was correct, as they have disconnected her tube and expect her to die. Made sense to me. Since communion is something that (I assume) is not given just before death ritually, it seemed LAST RITES would have been the proper term. I stand corrected.

Thank you for helping me correct my miscomprehension.

699 posted on 03/19/2005 6:44:52 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Smartaleck
Since you're the one doing the assertion isn't the proof and research your burden?

The 'proof' is already posted on this thread. It is not like it is hard to find.

700 posted on 03/19/2005 6:46:30 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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