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POSTED: 2:57 pm EDT June 15, 2005
TAMPA, Fla. -- The attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents says they continue to believe their daughter was not in a persistent vegetative state, despite the results of an autopsy.
David Gibbs said Bob and Mary Schindler plan to discuss the autopsy with other medical experts and may take some unspecified legal action. The Schindlers fought their son-in-law in court over their daughter's fate for nearly seven years.
schiavo's family has accused her husband of abusing her, which he denies. They also said she was minimally conscious, but the autopsy released Wednesday backed up the contention of Schiavo's husband that she was in a persistent vegetative state.
It found that she had massive and irreversible brain damage, and that she was blind. The autopsy also found that her brain was about half of normal size when she died.
The medical examiner found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise abused. The autopsy autopsy concluded that Schiavo did not suffer any trauma before her 1990 collapse when she lapsed into a vegetative state after her heart stopped beating for several minutes.
The medical examiner, Jon Thogmartin, said Wednesday that no trauma was noted on any of the numerous exams in the days after, weeks after or months after the collapse. No evidence of strangulation was found and her heart was normal. She died of "marked dehydration," she did not starve to death, Thogmartin said. He said she suffered no neglect or abuse. He also said she did not appear to have suffered a heart attack.
Testimony in a 1992 civil trial indicated that Schiavo probably was suffering from an eating disorder that led to a severe chemical imbalance and a heart attack. But Thogmartin said today it was unlikely her low potassium level was caused by an eating disorder.
Thogmartin said her brain was "profoundly atrophied" -- and that the damage was "irreversible." He also said, "The vision centers of her brain were dead" -- meaning she was blind. He said no amount of therapy could have reversed her condition.
http://www.nbc6.net/dianagonzalez/4613101/detail.html
This disputes what the parents claimed about Terri Schiavo being able to follow people with her eyes in her room. Denial, selfishness, and manipulation, all the hallmarks of a dysfunctional family -- thank God she had a loving husband to respect her wishes despite the manipulative efforts of her lying parents.
Looks like chimpy still stands by his opinion that she should've been kept alive:
White House: autopsy doesn't change Bush's views on Schiavo case
WHITE HOUSE The White House says today's autopsy report doesn't change President Bush's view on the Terri Schiavo (SHY'-voh) case.
Spokesman Scott McClellan says the president opposed the removal of her feeding tube because he thinks Americans should "stand on the side of defending ... life."
A county medical examiner's report backed the contention of Schiavo's husband that she was in a vegetative state, and her brain damage was irreversible.
Bush interrupted a stay at his Texas ranch to fly back to Washington and sign a bill authorizing federal judges to intervene in the case. Despite the legislation, they declined to do so, and she died March 31st.
McClellan called Schiavo's a "sad case" -- but said Bush believes he was right to side with her parents, who wanted to keep her alive.
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3478775
TAMPA, Fla. -- The attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents says they continue to believe their daughter was not in a persistent vegetative state, despite the results of an autopsy.
David Gibbs said Bob and Mary Schindler plan to discuss the autopsy with other medical experts and may take some unspecified legal action. The Schindlers fought their son-in-law in court over their daughter's fate for nearly seven years.
schiavo's family has accused her husband of abusing her, which he denies. They also said she was minimally conscious, but the autopsy released Wednesday backed up the contention of Schiavo's husband that she was in a persistent vegetative state.
It found that she had massive and irreversible brain damage, and that she was blind. The autopsy also found that her brain was about half of normal size when she died.
The medical examiner found no evidence that she was strangled or otherwise abused. The autopsy autopsy concluded that Schiavo did not suffer any trauma before her 1990 collapse when she lapsed into a vegetative state after her heart stopped beating for several minutes.
The medical examiner, Jon Thogmartin, said Wednesday that no trauma was noted on any of the numerous exams in the days after, weeks after or months after the collapse. No evidence of strangulation was found and her heart was normal. She died of "marked dehydration," she did not starve to death, Thogmartin said. He said she suffered no neglect or abuse. He also said she did not appear to have suffered a heart attack.
Testimony in a 1992 civil trial indicated that Schiavo probably was suffering from an eating disorder that led to a severe chemical imbalance and a heart attack. But Thogmartin said today it was unlikely her low potassium level was caused by an eating disorder.
Thogmartin said her brain was "profoundly atrophied" -- and that the damage was "irreversible." He also said, "The vision centers of her brain were dead" -- meaning she was blind. He said no amount of therapy could have reversed her condition.
http://www.nbc6.net/dianagonzalez/4613101/detail.html
This disputes what the parents claimed about Terri Schiavo being able to follow people with her eyes in her room. Denial, selfishness, and manipulation, all the hallmarks of a dysfunctional family -- thank God she had a loving husband to respect her wishes despite the manipulative efforts of her lying parents.
Looks like chimpy still stands by his opinion that she should've been kept alive:
White House: autopsy doesn't change Bush's views on Schiavo case
WHITE HOUSE The White House says today's autopsy report doesn't change President Bush's view on the Terri Schiavo (SHY'-voh) case.
Spokesman Scott McClellan says the president opposed the removal of her feeding tube because he thinks Americans should "stand on the side of defending ... life."
A county medical examiner's report backed the contention of Schiavo's husband that she was in a vegetative state, and her brain damage was irreversible.
Bush interrupted a stay at his Texas ranch to fly back to Washington and sign a bill authorizing federal judges to intervene in the case. Despite the legislation, they declined to do so, and she died March 31st.
McClellan called Schiavo's a "sad case" -- but said Bush believes he was right to side with her parents, who wanted to keep her alive.
http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3478775
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