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 ...
Dozens of doctors say that Terri is PVS. If that is not the case, then I do have a strong opinion. .But I've yet to read anything to convince me otherwise and so I remain conflicted on many levels about this case.
A few drops of the host were dropped into her Gastronomy tube.
The Judge ORDERED the priest COULD NOT GIVE IT TO HER BY MOUTH.
JEEZ, they are going to kill her and the excuse for not giving her the HOST by mouth is that SHE MIGHT CHOKE ON IT?
We know Terri's parents want custody of her and wish to care for her.
On the other hand, Michael wants Terri dead.
It was not. She had bulimia. Her heart attack resulted from low potassium. It happens to those with eating disorders. You people will stop at NOTHING.
As do I
This isn't directed at you but I did want to remind people that Michael has been offered $1M and $10M to keep Terri alive, so I don't think it's money that is driving him.
I will tell you this, if my husband thought my parents were going to do the following to me, I'd expect him to move heaven and earth to make sure it didn't happen to me.
Court testimony provided by members of the Schindler family included very personal statements about their desire and intention to ensure that Theresa remain alive . . . at any and all costs. Nearly gruesome examples were given, eliciting agreement by family members that in the event Theresa should contract diabetes and subsequent gangrene in each of her limbs, they would agree to amputate each limb and would then, were she to be diagnosed with heart disease, perform open-heart surgery. Within the testimony, as part of the hypothetical presented, Schindler family members stated that even if Theresa had told them of her intention to have artificial nutrition withdrawn, they would not do it.
Where do you get this stuff from?
So why didn't he LET HER GO? Why didn't he just assign custody to her parents and walk away?
When you can satisfactorally explain that, I will find it easier to support your belief.
Howlin, is there some reason why you are always so rude? I was a lurker for five years before I signed up last year and over the years I have seen that you are just about the rudest person on FR. MarMema has been on the Terri threads for years and I've seen you on them only recently. She knows far more about this subject than you could ever hope to know. And your comment that she is certainly no example of a Christian is totally uncalled for. Many of us could say the same about you!
Yes, and then they would have control of the money and if she were to die...well...who would have the money then?
Boy, that's for sure!
NATIONAL REVIEW 3-16-5 [snip]
So how can Judge Greer ignore the opinions of so many qualified neurologists, some of whom are leaders in the field? The answer is that Michael Schiavo, his attorney George Felos, and Judge Greer already have the diagnosis they want.
Terri’s diagnosis was arrived at without the benefit of testing that most neurologists would consider standard for diagnosing PVS. One such test is MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). MRI is widely used today, even for ailments as simple as knee injuries — but Terri has never had one. Michael has repeatedly refused to consent to one. The neurologists I have spoken to have reacted with shock upon learning this fact. One such neurologist is Dr. Peter Morin. He is a researcher specializing in degenerative brain diseases, and has both an M.D. and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Boston University.
In the course of my conversation with Dr. Morin, he made reference to the standard use of MRI and PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans to diagnose the extent of brain injuries. He seemed to assume that these had been done for Terri. I stopped him and told him that these tests have never been done for her; that Michael had refused them.
There was a moment of dead silence.
“That’s criminal,” he said, and then asked, in a tone of utter incredulity: “How can he continue as guardian? People are deliberating over this woman’s life and death and there’s been no MRI or PET?” He drew a reasonable conclusion: “These people [Michael Schiavo, George Felos, and Judge Greer] don’t want the information.”
I believe this is why Michael did not let Terry go:
Court testimony provided by members of the Schindler family included very personal statements about their desire and intention to ensure that Theresa remain alive . . . at any and all costs. Nearly gruesome examples were given, eliciting agreement by family members that in the event Theresa should contract diabetes and subsequent gangrene in each of her limbs, they would agree to amputate each limb and would then, were she to be diagnosed with heart disease, perform open-heart surgery. Within the testimony, as part of the hypothetical presented, Schindler family members stated that even if Theresa had told them of her intention to have artificial nutrition withdrawn, they would not do it.
That's beyond gruesome. And I'd expect my husband to make darned sure that never happened to me.
MarMena Feels more about the Terri case, she has proven she doesn't know more.
That's a shabby lie.
"It's then, after exhausting all the avenues, that he decides to let her go."
"Then" just happens to co-incide with receiving the $.
If as you believe, Michael just gave up because she was not going to get better, then why won't he allow her parents to care for her? They love her and want her even if she's not in the condition she once was. Why won't he divorce her?
God help us all if we ever said in front of a two-timing husband that a friend says we were going to divorce, "Jeez, I sure wouldn't want to have to live like that," while we watched a movie about someone disabled.
And many of you have; and not just me.
If you think it's rude to point out that people condescendingly regularly criticize others who don't agree with them, too bad.
I think a whole LOT of you people who have been on the Terri threads are rude. And I am sure I'm not alone in that opinion; that's why hardly anybody who disagrees with you all go on them. You're successfully run anybody with a different opinion off.
They are the same side. She told him what she wanted long ago and he is doing his best to carry out her wishes.
I hear a lot of anecdotes and rumors to the contrary, but all the proof is on his side.
The conspiracy to kill JFK wasn't as big as y'all think the conspiracy against Terri Schiavo is, and you can't give any rational reason for most of the supposed 'conspirators' to be in it.
So9
OH YES he most certainly has. He was given over $300,000 for loss of sexual partner.
And if you do a little research, the amount of money SPENT from the GUARDIANSHIP ESTATE of TERRI SCHIAVO shows that there is a considerable amount of money left.
I don't know where you are getting your information, but it is unfounded, undocumented, and totally UNTRUE.
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