I finally got around to reading the three afidavits of the CNA's (certified nursing assistants) that those in favour of letting Ms Shiavo's remains live insisted proved otherwise, here's my take on them: After reading these affidavits I think it safe to say that the internal inconsistencies render unacceptable to any unbiased judge.
Heidi Law reports that she worked evenings and overnight shifts for only a few months but reports about how Terri was handled after lunch. Since this doesn't correspond to her earlier statements that she worked only in the hours between 3 PM and 7 AM. Coupled with the extremely short period of time she reports she was in contact with Terri Schiavo this affidavit would be rejected as of no value. Carolyn Johnson is clearly lying. She claims to have asked why Terri Schiavo wasn't sitting in a chair with a cup and straw available. Since Mrs. Schiavo cannot swallow and must be fed and hydrated through a tube inserted into her stomach her claim is pretty clearly false. Carla Iyer is making claims unsupported by any other evidence and in direct contradiction with those of various examining physicians from the same period. Further CT scans from 1998 show that Mrs. Schiavo's cerebral cortex was almost completely withered and that C-S fluid has filled in the volume previously filled with gray matter. Without the tissue which was no longer present speech is not possible. Her claims that her notes on Mrs. Schiavo's chart were removed are unbelievable. Notes are entered in ball point and deleting them would result in either obvious markings or require new pages on the chart which would not be signed by the nurse on duty which is standard practice. This would be easy to check and I'm confident that examination would indicate no irregularities as Iyer's complaint seems to be a classic disgruntled ex-employee statement. This is the only one of the three that merits even the least investigation. Since it was possible to find that this affidavit was submitted to the court 18 months ago and was part of at least 2 different hearings I must conclude that no corroborating evidence exists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151698 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
