Posted on 11/04/2005 3:24:09 AM PST by 8mmMauser
Family members are investigating what they consider to be suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a nursing home patient at the center of a life and death tug-of-war reminiscent of the Terri Schiavo tragedy.
Seventy-nine-year-old Jimmy Chambers died in the early morning hours of Oct. 24 after the tracheotomy tubes that deliver oxygen from a ventilator to a hole in his neck became unhooked. Family members were told Chambers, a resident of the Anne Maria Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in North Augusta, S.C., apparently pulled the interlocking tubes apart.
"We're having it investigated. We're just incredulous," Chambers' daughter, Deanna Potter, told WND in reference to her siblings. "The last time I saw dad he was blowing me a kiss. I blew him one and he blew one back."
The retired dispatcher for Holland Motor Express died approximately 10 hours later. His death certificate indicates he died of "natural causes."
"Apparently, suffocation is a 'natural cause' when you're on a ventilator. We're contesting that," said Potter. "He suffocated. He didn't just pass away. He struggled and fought. And I'm just so angry."
Potter estimates it would have taken 10 to 14 minutes for her father, deprived of oxygen, to fall unconscious, and questions why the nursing home staff didn't come to his aid.
"The oxygen-saturation meter and his ventilator both would have had alarms going off. Four-thirty, five o'clock in the morning you'd think someone would hear this," she added. "That's the thing that really bothers me and makes me suspicious."
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
Uh, I don't like Oops, I did it Again either. Ordinary popular music is just that - it's too ordinary.
Trump probably figures he can get casinos into the coastal areas with Christ's help. Trump will, no doubt, put big bucks into this campaign and he WILL expect something in return.
Crist reassured Floridians that eminent domain would not be a problem here but unfortunately, it already is south of the Sunshine Skyway bridge. So much for that reassurance. Knowing the role he played in Terri's death, he's a total loser and a sellout.
Link re: Crist and New Jersey is at www.northcountrygazette.org at the bottom where it's marked Archives. I may have left out the url this morning. (I'm going to blame advil cold & sinus - that's my story and I'm stickin' to it).
Crist in New Jersey is at the bottom of: www.northcountrygazette.org. I forgot to post the url this morning.
Be sure and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Ah, thanks. Hope you feel better soon.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47525
"Music therapy and singing are ways the brain can sort information for people who otherwise have difficulties with memory loss and communication. There are musical geniuses who are learning disabled or are legally blind. The brain has a music section. Isn't that kewl?"
That is ABSOLUTELY kewl!
:)
"...
And he would be in rapture if Beethoven were played. A friend who is a violinist would come and play at his bedside and we would never see him happier. He preferred live music and singing to even the best CD system and loved the singing in church, even trying in those occasions to vocalize, himself. Obviously he could tell the differences and had specific tastes in which classics he preferred.
..."
Thank you so much for sharing that.
"...PVS is a clinical diagnosis, not one that can be proven by autopsy alone and you cannot prove a negative.
Terri was evaluated and diagnosed as being in PVS by every doctor who examined her, save for those hired by the Schindlers and supplied by the RTL, who testified the way the Schindlers wanted them to and this diagnosis was made long before the medmal trial, long before the fight over the medmal award and long before the final judgment was made in favor of Terri's decision to refuse unwanted medical treatment..."
SNIP
"So life expectancy at five to 10 years means I can be worth $5 to $20 million in these cases." -Ronald Cranford
Terri Schiavo Was Worth More Dead
8mm
Ever do a Bible study on music? Amazing the power it has... both good and bad.
You know the NY legislature is now working on a bill concerning the order of priority for health care decision makers if a person is incapacitated. From what I've read (see the North Country Gazette), it has no safeguard if the legal decision maker is actually abusing the person they are supposed to be caring for. Let me quote the SC ombudsman's office: "...it is not in the purview of this department to determine whether the medical decision maker is MAKING DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PATIENT OR NOT." The ombudsman was referring to the SC law prioritizing the order for HC decision makers. Seems that sort of safeguard should be in the law, but my guess is that you are correct -- it would be hard to cover up if you actually had clarity in the law.
www.thenewempirejournal.com
The devaluation of human life continues.
Today we have a request for prayers...One of our own needs prayers.
Cheryl Ford just sent this request for prayers for someone in need on this day of thanks.
Dear Friends,
Tonight, I received a request for prayer from long time Terri supporter and dear friend of mine, Debi V, at _Children of God for Life_
Debi's daughter-in- law Hannah was informed that she has cervical cancer. Hannah is five months pregnant with their 6th little unborn son who they have already named, Paul James.
Hannah has 5 other little children at home. Because she is pregnant, Hannah will not be capable of receiving treatment for the newly diagnosed cervical cancer for at least another 3 months. This places Hannah and her unborn son, both at risk. Please....I ask that you pray for Hannah and her family. Please ask the Lord for a miracle for Hannah and her unborn son, little baby Paul James.
Any comforting words you may have for dear Debi and her family, will gladly be passed on to her and are very much appreciated.
Thank you so very much.
Cheryl
Fight4Terri@aol.com
8mm
Happy Thanksgiving to all my Terri friends here! Hope it is great!
Please ask the Lord for a miracle for Hannah and her unborn son, little baby Paul James.
When one stands up for goodness and light they go through the wilderness and Jesus is always with us. Heavenly Father, You are bigger than any cancer, this cancer is not from You, so I pray that you rip out anything that is not from You from Debi and baby Paul James. I'm standing on Your Word, No weapon formed against Debi and Paul James will prosper. Debi's faith will make her whole. It is done in Jesus' Name. Amen.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.