As she lay dying, the media kept a grim countdown of the number of days she had been without food and water, and pundits opined on the cable news shows and in the newspapers about “death with dignity” and the sanctity of life. Her death, and the circumstances surrounding it, was commented upon more widely than most in modern history, and yet also probably one of the most misunderstood.
For the first few days, Terri appeared more or less “normal.” She continued to interact with her family and appeared alert. But after 3 or 4 days, the change in her condition became noticeable: Her skin started to appear dry and lifeless, and she became less responsive. By the seventh day, the Schindlers were telling me, in our daily telephone conversations, that Terri had become “lethargic,” and within a few more days, almost entirely unresponsive. Sometime around day 10 or 11 Terri suffered renal failure, which led swiftly to, and was the immediate cause of, her death.
These descriptions are made in Father Rob Johansen's article "The Death of Terri Schiavo", which appeared in the May issue of Catholic World Report.
In this article, he describes and analyzes the events and circumstances surrounding Terri's tragic death, and uncovers some information you may not have seen before, such as:
Judge Greer took it upon himself to decide which tests Terri could or could not have, prompting one attorney to say that the judge "practiced quite a bit of medicine" in Terri's case.He also explained, almost two months before the autopsy results came out, why the contention that "Terri was bulimic" was nonsense, which turned out to be true.Terri's death did not take place in quite the manner which the mainstream media reported.
Terri's death, like much of the information concerning her condition while alive, was the object of spin and outright disinformation. In this Catholic World Report article, Father Rob unpacks the distortions and gives us the truth.
HT: Hyscience
Post the following to as many blogs asking them to feature it as a regular post.. Also when contacting Jeb, or other officials via fax,
snail mail or e-mail include this. Please spread this as far and wide as possible and ask others to do the same. Be creative,.:
Michael Schiavo's 30-70 Minute Gap Exploded Away Regarding 911 Call Seeking Assistance for Terri Schiavo charts prove a much larger gap in which Michael Schiavo did not seek help and also prove his various testimonies are merely concocted stories made up while under oath,.
Michael Schiavo asserts on Terri Schiavo's tombstone that she departed this earth on February 25, 1990 but failed to tell that to the medical malpractice jury when seeking and winning millions of dollars for her care. Charts explode away 30-70 minute gap mentioned by authorities regarding Terri's "collapse" and time Michael Schiavo waited in seeking
help and add an additional 2 hour gap. In fact Michael's accounts proven to be no more than stories hiding his complicity in her collapse. See the charts:
http://tekgnosis.typepad.com/tekgnosis/2005/06/terri_schiavo_c.html
You might want to take a good look around at Juan Schlochs website over at http://tekgnosis.typepad.com/ before you commit to anything on his behalf. Be prepared to enter the twilight zone of Juans overactive conspiracy crazed imagination.
By the way- the malpractice case was based upon the doctors failure to take a medical history and perform a proper examination of their new patient and thats why they SETTLED- based on their failure to have completed an examination of their new patient and based obtain their failure to obtain a complete medical history they could not defend against the evidence that Mrs Schiavos collapse originated from the blood chemistry distortions produced by her eating disorder.
Beyond that failing to obtain a complete medical history and performing an examination on a new patient before treating her was negligent. The standard of care was not met- the doctor(s) failed to perform a duty to their patient and it was reasonable to conclude their failure caused or contributed to Mrs Schiavos subsequent health problems.
By the way- the defense team for the doctors included private investigators who made every effort to uncover something they could use to discredit Mr Schiavo and undermine the case against the doctors. When it was apparent they could uncover NOTHING they could use in defense of the doctors or to undermine the case against the doctors the malpractice insurance company lawyers settled the case.
Considering the stakes I would assume they put a lot of effort into discrediting Mr Schiavo and the medical evidence being used to support his case.