Some of the items in this article have been flatly
called untrue by his attorneys, some of it (such as him receiving the medical
trust) is not legal in FL. So you see part of the problem, both sides
have an axe to grind and the poor woman is caught right in the
middle.
I doubt very seriously after 13 years there is a
single penny of the medical money left, insurance quite assuredly ran out a
long time ago.
Further inconsistencies...Michael Schiavo has confined Terri to a nursing home (currently,
Terri is in a Hospice facility) where she is
'maintained.'
He did this all on his own? Without a doctor's
order or supervision? What about all of the doctors she has had?
Are they *all* forgetting their Hippocratic oath to collude with the husband
to get her money?
Then you have a parade of doctors that have studied
the case and testified under oath in several FL courts. Are all of these
doctors risking perjury to help him kill his wife?
I still don't like the idea of them removing the
feeding tube, and if the courts had ruled against him on *medical reasons
alone* I would not mind one bit. However, it weakens the next of kin
laws which are there for some very good reasons.
Are all the courts hoodwinked as well? If they
are this Michael guy must be one good salesman. FL's law says the next
of kin is the spouse. Feeding tubes are legally considered "heroic
measures" *ONLY* in a terminal case. What that means is if the
physicians didn't consider her terminal then the feeding tube would not be
considered life support.
I'm not saying he's the good guy in this, but I am
saying that the article here plays a little fast and loose with the
facts.
Charles
Mims
I find it very disturbing that it
could be called anything else, just reading those two articles. One by a
doctor, and the other talking about a person that smiles, laughs, and
cries..just to name a few. Unreal....
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exactly what I have been
saying.
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Yeah, I'd call it enlighteing.
The guy is committing murder if she dies IMO.....
Terri was 26 years old when she suffered brain damage
from a sudden collapse. Terri receives her food and water by me![]()
ans of a feeding tube. Terri’s other bodily
functions are physically stable. Terri smiles, laughs and cries. Terri
recognizes voices and responds. At times, she vocalizes sounds, trying in
her best way to speak. Terri is not a brain dead vegetable as
characterized by her husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo nor a
houseplant as implied by his attorney. Terri is not on a
respirator or any artificial life support. She is a living human being and
needs to be granted an opportunity to recover. Terri has not had any
progressive rehabilitation or arousal therapy in more than ten
years.
In a trial initiated by Michael Schiavo, Circuit
Court Judge, George W. Greer, issued a verdict delivered on February 11,
2000. Judge Greer granted authorization to discontinue Terri’s feeding
tube. Judge Greer’s verdict will cause Terri to die in 10 to 14 days.
Terri’s death will be by painful starvation.
In a malpractice lawsuit, Terri’s husband personally
received over $300,000 for his loss of consortium. Terri was awarded
$750,000 from this suit and an additional $250,000 from a separate
malpractice lawsuit. The money was awarded to Terri for her care and
rehabilitation and to be placed in a Medical Trust Fund. Terri’s
husband received his personal award money and Terri’s medical fund money
in early 1993. From the date he received the award money in 1993, Michael
Schiavo has denied Terri any rehabilitation treatment. Michael Schiavo has
confined Terri to a nursing home (currently, Terri is in a Hospice
facility) where she is 'maintained.'
Her husband has directed that Terri only be sustained
in a nursing home which is contrary to the intent of the award
money. Michael Schiavo has on two occasions unsuccessfully attempted
to end Terri’s life by instructing her caretakers not to medicate Terri
for potentially fatal infections. The first occasion occurred less than
nine months after her husband received the malpractice award
money.
- Terri has no will. Should she die, her husband
will inherit what is left of Terri’s $750,000 medical fund.
- Terri’s husband lives in a house with Jodi
Centonze. He openly admits that he has been engaged to this women for
over seven years, have recently given birth to a baby girl, and has
announced plans to marry her when Terri is no longer alive.
- Since receiving the award money in 1993, her
husband has ceased and prohibited any new or aggressive treatment for
Terri. He has only maintained Terri at a nursing home (currently, Terri
is in a Hospice facility). He has totally ignored or denied
rehabilitation therapy that could possibly assist Terri’s recovery.
- Since 1993, Terri’s husband has consistently and
deliberately withheld all medical information and data from Terri’s
family. Over the past eight years he has ordered Terri’s caretakers not
to reveal any medical or neurological information
- Michael Schiavo will not permit any doctor to
examine Terri other than the doctors he selects.
- As Terri’s legal guardian, her husband has used
her medical fund money to offset the legal costs when his guardianship
of Terri was initially challenged and to pay the current legal costs to
have Terri’s life ended.
- Terri responds regularly to the presence of her
parents and friends. Her husband's doctors testified Terri's cognizant
responses to Terri’s parents and friends are simply a reflex
action.
the terri schindler-schiavo foundation
4615
gulf blvd # 104-103, saint petersburg beach, fl
33706
tax id number 23-3031168
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