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Terri Schiavo Was Unavailable For Comment
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The court was told by Michael Schiavo that Terry had said that she would not want to live. Terry could not change her mind, if, in fact, she had said something to that effect? Terry had a strong will to live. It took 18 days for Michael Schiavo, the court and the police to starve Terry to death.
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“Where did we go wrong?” “When you put the first innocent person to death.” from the Trial at Nuremberg
So sad.
It’s clear her husband didnt want the “burden” of caring for her on that state.
The PET scan is such a simple procedure, as they inject the radiation and wait around 45mins for it to travel in your body. I’ve had 3. And if that could have put to bed the argument that she wasn’t conscious enough to be alive, then its heartbreaking.
God see’s all. His Just Love cannot be fooled, and the parties that had her starved to death will answer to Him. God have mercy on their souls.
““Where did we go wrong?” “When you put the first innocent person to death.” from the Trial at Nuremberg”
Ernst Janning: “Judge Haywood… the reason I asked you to come: Those people, those millions of people… I never knew it would come to that. You must believe it, you must believe it!”
Judge Dan Haywood: “Herr Janning, it “came to that” the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent.”
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
“It’s clear her husband didnt want the “burden” of caring for her on that state.”
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF PINELLAS )
BEFORE ME the undersigned authority personally appeared CARLA
SAUER IYER, R.N., who being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
1. My name is Carla Sauer Iyer. I am over the age of eighteen and make
this statement of my own personal knowledge.
2. I am a registered nurse in the State of Florida, having been licensed
continuously in Florida from 1997 to the present. Prior to that I was a
Licensed Practical Nurse for about four years.
3. I was employed at Palm Garden of Largo Convalescent Center in
Largo, Florida from April 1995 to July 1996, while Terri Schiavo
was a patient there.
4. It was clear to me at Palm Gardens that all decisions regarding Terri
Schiavo were made by Michael Schiavo, with no allowance made for
any discussion, debate or normal professional judgment. My initial
training there consisted solely of the instruction “Do what Michael
Schiavo tells you or you will be terminated.” This struck me as
extremely odd.
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5. I was very disturbed by the decision making protocol, as no allowance
whatsoever was made for professional responsibility. The atmosphere
throughout the facility was dominated by Mr. Schiavo’s intimidation.
Everyone there, with the exception of several people who seemed to be
close to Michael, was intimidated by him. Michael Schiavo always
had an overbearing attitude, yelling numerous times such things as
“This is my order and you’re going to follow it.” He is very large and
uses menacing body language, such as standing too close to you,
getting right in your face and practically shouting.
6. To the best of my recollection, rehabilitation had been ordered for
Terri, but I never saw any being done or had any reason at all to
believe that there was ever any rehab of Terri done at Palm Gardens
while I was there. I became concerned because Michael wanted
nothing done for Terri at all, no antibiotics, no tests, no range of
motion therapy, no stimulation, no nothing. Michael said again and
again that Terri should NOT get any rehab, that there should be no
range of motion whatsoever, or anything else. I and a CNA named
Roxy would give Terri range of motion anyway. One time I put a
wash cloth in Terri’s hand to keep her fingers from curling together,
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and Michael saw it and made me take it out, saying that was therapy.
7. Terri’s medical condition was systematically distorted and
misrepresented by Michael. When I worked with her, she was alert
and oriented. Terri spoke on a regular basis while in my presence,
saying such things as “mommy,” and “help me.” “Help me” was, in
fact, one of her most frequent utterances. I heard her say it hundreds
of times. Terri would try to say the word “pain” when she was in
discomfort, but it came out more like “pay.” She didn’t say the “n”
sound very well. During her menses she would indicate her discomfort
by saying “pay” and moving her arms toward her lower abdominal
area. Other ways that she would indicate that she was in pain included
pursing her lips, grimacing, thrashing in bed, curling her toes or
moving her legs around. She would let you know when she had a
bowel movement by flipping up the covers and pulling on her diaper
and scooted in bed on her bottom.
8. When I came into her room and said “Hi, Terri”, she would always
recognize my voice and her name, and would turn her head all the way
toward me, saying “Haaaiiiii” sort of, as she did. I recognized this as a
“hi”, which is very close to what it sounded like, the whole sound
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being only a second or two long. When I told her humrous stories
about my life or something I read in the paper, Terri would chuckle,
sometimes more a giggle or laugh. She would move her whole body,
upper and lower. Her legs would sometimes be off the bed, and need
to be repositioned. I made numerous entries into the nursing notes in
her chart, stating verbatim what she said and her various behaviors, but
by my next on-duty shift, the notes would be deleted from her chart.
Every time I made a positive entry about any responsiveness of Terri’s,
someone would remove it after my shift ended. Michael always
demanded to see her chart as soon as he arrived, and would take it in
her room with him. I documented Terri’s rehab potential well,
writing whole pages about Terri’s responsiveness, but they would
always be deleted by the next time I saw her chart. The reason I wrote
so much was that everybody else seemed to be afraid to make positive
entries for fear of their jobs, but I felt very strongly that a nurses job
was to accurately record everything we see and hear that bears on a
patients condition and their family. I upheld the Nurses Practice Act,
and if it cost me my job, I was willing to accept that.
9. Throughout my time at Palm Gardens, Michael Schiavo was focused
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on Terri’s death. Michael would say “When is she going to die?,”
“Has she died yet?” and “When is that bitch gonna die?” These
statements were common knowledge at Palm Gardens, as he would
make them casually in passing, without regard even for who he was
talking to, as long as it was a staff member. Other statements which I
recall him making include “Can’t anything be done to accelerate her
death – won’t she ever die?” When she wouldn’t die, Michael would
be furious. Michael was also adamant that the family should not be
given information. He made numerous statements such as “Make sure
the parents aren’t contacted.” I recorded Michael’s statements word
for word in Terri’s chart, but these entries were also deleted after the
end of my shift. Standing orders were that the family wasn’t to be
contacted, in fact, there was a large sign in the front of her chart that
said under no circumstances was her family to be called, call Michael
immediately, but I would call them, anyway, because I thought they
should know about their daughter.
10. Any time Terri would be sick, like with a UTI or fluid buildup in her
lungs, colds, or pneumonia, Michael would be visibly excited, thrilled
even, hoping that she would die. He would say something like,
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“Hallelujah! You’ve made my day!” He would call me, as I was the
nurse supervisor on the floor, and ask for every little detail about her
temperature, blood pressure, etc., and would call back frequently
asking if she was dead yet. He would blurt out “I’m going to be rich!”
and would talk about all the things he would buy when Terri died,
which included a new car, a new boat, and going to Europe, among
other things.
11. When Michael visited Terri, he always came alone and always had the
door closed and locked while he was with Terri. He would typically
be there about twenty minutes or so. When he left Terri would be
trembling, crying hysterically, and would be very pale and have cold
sweats. It looked to me like Terri was having a hypoglycemic reaction,
so I’d check her blood sugar. The glucometer reading would be so low
it was below the range where it would register an actual number
reading. I would put dextrose in Terri’s mouth to counteract it. This
happened about five times on my shift, as I recall. Normally Terri’s
blood sugar levels were very stable due to the uniformity of her diet
through tube feeding. It is medically possible that Michael injected
Terri with Regular insulin, which is very fast acting, but I don’t have
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any way of knowing for sure.
12. The longer I was employed at Palm Gardens the more concerned I
became about patient care, both relating to Terri Schiavo, for the
reasons I’ve said, and other patients, too. There was an LPN named
Carolyn Adams, known as “Andy” Adams who was a particular
concern. An unusual number of patients seemed to die on her shift,
but she was completely unconcerned, making statements such as
“They are old – let them die.” I couldn’t believe her attitude or the fact
that it didn’t seem to attract any attention. She made many comments
about Terri being a waste of money, that she should die. She said it
was costing Michael a lot of money to keep her alive, and that he
complained about it constantly (I heard him complain about it all the
time, too.) Both Michael and Adams said that she would be worth
more to him if she were dead. I ultimately called the police relative to
this situation, and was terminated the next day. Other reasons were
cited, but I was convinced it was because of my “rocking the boat.”
13. Ms. Adams was one of the people who did not seem to be intimidated
by Michael. In fact, they seemed to be very close, and Adams would
do whatever Michael told her. Michael sometimes called Adams at
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night and spoke at length. I was not able to hear the content of these
phone calls, but I knew it was him talking to her because she would
tell me afterward and relay orders from him.
14. I have contacted the Schindler family because I just couldn’t stand by
and let Terri die without the truth being known.
FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.
CARLA SAUER IYER, R.N.
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 29 day of August,
2003, by CARLA SAUER IYER, R.N., who produced her Florida’s driver’s license
as identification, and who did take an oath.
Notary Public
My commission expires
The Code of 1804 (Code Napoléon) provided a very simple definition: a person is dead, when a severed vein no longer bleeds.
Of course, when hospitals became chop-shops for transplant surgery, this definition was found inconvenient. One might have thought that clarity and certainty in such matters were very convenient indeed, but the article was amended notwithstancing
Thank you Donald McClarey. Will save the correct version.
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Terry Schindler Shiavo’s parents fought for custody of her in court. Was Terry allowed Holy Communion? Terry was treated as a non-person. The state does not give personhood. God does.
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Michael wanted Terry dead. Michael Schiavo could have divorced Terry after the court gave custody to the Schindlers, who heartbrokenly had to watch their daughter starved to death. The court gave custody of Terry to the man who wanted her death.
Sorry typo, I meant “in” that state (condition), not “on” that state.
Thank you for the transcript Donald.
Im speechless. I had heard of Terri’s case, but being outside of the US, didnt know the full details of her story.
Why didnt the nurse go to the police with evidence that her husband wanted Terri dead? That he was abusing her? That he was intimidating staff? That he tried to spike her sugar levels? That he was altering her records?
You wish smart phones were around at the time, as it would have been very easy to capture footage or audio of this mans filth.
I have a query: would you say that regardless of the volumes of evidence presented in court against Michael Schiavo, andin favour of Terri’s consciousness, the state of Florida would have ruled in favour of Michael Schiavo, regardless? If so, why?
Ms. Sauer’s testimony is disturbing.
This is the first time I’ve read it. Thank you Mr. McClarey.
As Terri suffered her starvation her advocate Pope JP II united his sufferings to that of our Lords on Good Friday 2000 plus years ago. Redemptive suffering for the intentions of what?
Holy souls in purgatory?
End of abortion on demand?
For Terri Schiavo possibly?
March 31st Terri died. Two days later our beloved Pope of whom championed the right to Life died.
The struggle for life and these two souls will always be united in my heart. Even though the right to life was denied Terri, the fight is far from over. Right to Life from natural conception to natural death.
“Why didnt the nurse go to the police with evidence that her husband wanted Terri dead? That he was abusing her? That he was intimidating staff? That he tried to spike her sugar levels? That he was altering her records?”
These and other affidavits of staffers were brought to the attention of the court. Judge Greer, incomprehensibly, ruled them to be irrelevant.
http://archive.lifenews.com/bio1715.html
Well the police didnt even investigate the nurses claims. Or they did, and were silenced themselves.
I wish there was a way to prosecute MIchael Schiavo, in light of the nurses testimony, post-Terris death….this man seems unfit to be living amongst free society.
And if the judge ruled them irrelevant, what on earth is “relevant” evidence, when it comes to the insincerity of her husband.
In the first weeks of our married life, we roomed with a couple who rented a room to an older person who had gotten hit by a streetcar and was in a coma for36 YEARS! He attended the old state school in Dixon, Ill. and worked at the old Marshal Field in shipping. He would travel all over the country on his vacations, by himself. I do not know if he had any living relatives, but he was happy, had a job to support himself, and a place to live, thanks to our landlady. I also have worked with many physically burdened people over my 40 years as a CNA and had to time and again educate the other workers to slow down, let a person eat, talk to them, in short, treat them as you would like to be treated. It is enormously cruel these days to see the lack of compassion in many nursing homes.
Thank you for providing the nurse’s statement. My mother went to the ER on a Mon a.m. with a UTI. She was in her early mid 90s. I won’t go into all the details but by Wed eve she couldn’t communicate. I had to tell the nurse mom’s breathing was raspy as in pneumonia because she said she couldn’t hear it. By Thurs a.m. she was in the ICU. My MD brother kept in contact by phone but couldn’t be there because of the hurricane. On her 11th day in ICU which was the day after the storm passed through, my mother passed to her eternal reward. Unlike Terry Schiavo, her priest was there with me and he gave her the Precious Blood and blessed her with the papal indulgence. Father saw a tear after the blessing and I, concerned that she might be in pain, rang for the nurse. In retrospect I think it was a tear of joy. Mother died an hour later with a kindly nurse reading the 23rd Psalm and I holding mom’s hand and reciting the “Hail Mary…..now and at the hour of her death.”
Here’s the point of my comment: There are many in the medical field that practice, either elderly or passively, what we describe as elderly euthanasia, . My mother had an advanced medical directive which was in agreement with the teachings of our faith and my brother, an ER doc, and I shared responsibility for her medical treatment. She did not have a DNR. My brother had always advised against it as every case is different. He told us that he had seen instances of patients, not his, in the ER who had DNRs and thus were not given treatment when an antibiotic could have saved an elderly pneumonia victim or meds could have saved a heart patient. In my state a DNR form is bright yellow. Unfortunately the acceptance or refusal in my mother’s case was on the back page.
In assisted living and hospitals even for any routine test as an outpatient, there is a push to have a Do Not Resuscitate. In the ICU it was the night duty dr., a non Christian, who called and talked about mother’s DNR on 3 occasions. I would set the dr.r straight on NO DNR and refer her to my brother. Even some of the nurses in the ICU had not read mom’s chart thoroughly and only grudgingly let me see it. There was much pressure not to have her intibated, but we did and mother breathed on her own after the treatments and continued to do so up to her death. As my brother said, we gave mother a fighting chance.
When the chief of service returned from leave I complained but by then it was too late.
A typo re elderly euthanasia, I mean to say practicing it either actively or passively, not elderly or passively.
Happy and Blessed Easter to all.
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Thank you, Cam. Greatly appreciate this sharing. R.I.P. Cam’s mother.
To add to the horror and shame of her murder:
http://jimmyakin.com/2006/01/terri_shiavos_h.html
And, while this all happened, Catholic Jeb Bush was silent, hiding under his desk.
Michael Schiavo and his mistress can fool the priest, but Michael Schiavo and his mistress cannot fool God. Maybe they deserve each other, worrying about who is going to kill off whom.
“Michael Schiavo and his mistress can fool the priest, but Michael Schiavo and his mistress cannot fool God. Maybe they deserve each other, worrying about who is going to kill off whom.”
Spot on Mary!