Terri's Fight - (Daily Thread/Updates) November 8 -10

Various | November 7, 2003 | sweetliberty

[msmagoo]

Twenty-five years ago my father fell off a ladder at work and broke his femur. He spent 6 weeks in the hospital in traction and numerous weeks after that in a full leg cast. The doctor at the time told us that the femur, the thigh bone, is the toughest bone in the human body and is the hardest one to break.

Makes you wonder what MS did to Terri to break hers.

Very interesting point, about the femur being the toughest bone in the body to break. It is also the longest and thickest bone. I think Dr. Baden was right on when he said Terri sustained injuries from foul play, consistent with TRAUMA or a CAR ACCIDENT, and not a potassium imbalance.

[sweetliberty]

"The judge must rule based on the law"

When did this start in Florida?

[msmagoo]

I wonder if "Joelee" is a woman? There is a Joelee Caplan in Hillsborough County: License : MH6018 Profession : Licensed Mental Health Counselor Licensee Name : CAPLAN,JOELEE License Status : CLEAR Activity Status : INACTIVE Expiration Date : 03/31/2005 Original Issue Date : 03/10/2000 Military Status : N Has Discipline : N Address of Record : 9402 HUNTERS POND DRIVE TAMPA,FL 33647

[msmagoo]

Yeah, all those abnormalities on her bone scan, the stiff neck, oxygen deprivation, clutching her throat.....yeah, those were probably just from a potassium imbalance. Unfreakinbelievable, this guy.

She took a heck of a fall and beat herself up pretty good, didn't she? (MS BS alert)

It's sickening, that he got away with this...till now.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Your post says the original issue date was in 2000. When was it that Michael had seen the counselor? Does anyone know?

[msmagoo]

"In a study published in the June 1991 Archives of Neurology, it was found that of 84 patients with a firm diagnosis of PVS, 58 percent recovered consciousness within three years."

Thank you for bringing that out. That time (three years) coincides with Michael's discontinuation of any effort at rehabilitation, does it not?

[Pegita]

This husband love garbage reads worse now since we have the benefit of the Larry King fiasco.

You pretty much covered all the points, sweetliberty, but one of the first things I would do for Terri, once she has escaped the clutches of the Husband from Hell and the Attorney from Hell ~ I'd put a little kitten in her hands or under her chin ~

[msmagoo]

Sorry, badly formatted - see nicmarlo's research post here.

[pollywog]

but one of the first things I would do for Terri, once she has escaped the clutches of the Husband from Hell and the Attorney from Hell ~ I'd put a little kitten in her hands or under her chin ~

Pegita, I have been thinking the SAME THING....she has had a desire to be a vet. What she needs is to hold a kitty that purrs,or have a sweet puppy brought to her bedside. I have a beautiful collie that I would love to bring and come to Florida to " visit" Terri ......I pray that God will allow this to be so.

In Your Name, and For YOUR sake Dear Father, let it be so.

[msmagoo]

"Felos would not comment on Capone's statement that, since Terri Schiavo's illness, Michael Schiavo has fathered two children with another woman."
Dated May 10, 2001.....over a year before Jodi's first child was born."
- sweetliberty

RED ALERT!
I think this is the SMOKING GUN, folks.

[Admin Moderator]

Be careful, you are on very thin ice.

[sfRummygirl]

Oh, please. Who wrote this crappy sap.

[msmagoo]

LOL but seriously, Greer is being watched - and he must follow the law or he will be overruled on appeal. He can't make it up as he goes along...Connors is too smart to let him. In the past, he has made some questionable decisions and the Bush team may go so far as to allege he abused his discretion, such as picking and choosing what he allows in as evidence.

Most of the injustice in this case is a matter of Felos exploiting legal loopholes and Greer following the "letter of the law" and finding for Felos even when it defies common sense.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It looks like Michael was seeing the psychiatrist (according to Mr. Schindler in that article) sometime before Valentine's Day, 1993. That's when the fight between MS and Mr. Schindler happened. Mr. Schindler said in that article that MS had started to attack Suzanne before his incident with MS, and that he (Bob) stopped Michael. Wonder what that was all about.

At any rate, it seems unlikely that the Caplan you or nicmarlo found would be the same one, since the issue date of the license doesn't seem right. Is it possible that the name was Kaplan vs. Caplan? I know that in other news accounts I have seen the old GAL as Richard Pierce, when in reality it was Richard Pearse. Sounds the same, spelled differently.

[sfRummygirl]

He said family members were particularly upset that Michael Schiavo said that his fiancée, with whom he has a child and is expecting another, "has done more for Terri than her own
mother did."

I am so glad I didn't watch the show. What a piece of work, man. Unbelievable.

[msmagoo]

Good point on it possibly being spelled differently. Quite possibly the person who interviewed Mr. Schindler 'assumed' it was spelled with a 'C.'

[sfRummygirl]

Hey hinter, which county area are you from in 'ol NYS? I'm feeling homesick right now. ;-)

[sfRummygirl]

Probably the gravy train.

[sfRummygirl]

Maybe, or just moved up when he/she got more credentials.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Hospice Woodside, where Terri Schiavo has stayed since 2000, has not received payment for her care "in a substantial amount of time," said John W. Campbell, an attorney for its parent company, Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.

Campbell said he did not know when the payments stopped or how much the outstanding bills were. Last week, Felos and Bushnell told reporters that Terri Schiavo receives Social Security benefits and Medicaid for some basic care costs. A fund for indigent patients run by the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast paid for up to $5,000 a month of hospice care, they said.

Hospice Woodside is receiving no Medicare or Medicaid money for Terri Schiavo, Campbell said.

"No one's tax dollars are paying for hospice care," he said. He said that Felos has told him that the estate owes numerous parties more than $100,000.

I think this is utterly ridiculous! Either they paid or they didn't pay. That should be pretty easy for someone in their accounting/bookkeeping dept to find. Oh, wait! Isn't this the hospice that has convicted felons (embezzlement) working for them? I bet they taught their new employer a trick or two. And then proceeded to rip them off. Maybe that's why it's never been paid.