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Colonel · 03-23-2005, 09:34 PM

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10. The nurse who claims Michael Schiavo directed her not to care for his wife was terminated by the Hospice Center for theft..[/quote:f1453]

I wonder if this was the nurse that they interviewed on Nightline (not sure if that is the name of the show) tonight. They had a former nurse and a former court appointed guardian. The nurse's story, she cared for Terri around 1995, paints a totally different picture. She claimed that Michael was not that involved with the care. She did mention that he always wanted them to put makeup on Terri. But she says terri was not in a vegetative state then - that she could say hello to people etc. She also claimed to have heard Micheal say "when is that bitch going to die?" (I really found that hard to believe and it makes me suspicious of the rest of her story.) Anyway, she tells a different side of the story, that's for sure.

The court guardian said that when he examined her in 1997 that she was not responsive at all. (the nurse countered that she was never responsive when men were around and, in fact, men were barred from her room.) The court guy did say that the staff at the facility generally disliked Michael.

They also had a guest who was extremely disabled but able to talk. She made an interesting comment that people make casual remarks like "I wouldn't want to live that way." But that these are only casual remarks, made without knowing what they are talking about. It's hard to explain, but she made a very valid point. It made me wonder how many people would change their mind about that if they were told, "We are not just going to pull a plug and you die painlessly and instantly. We are going to starve you to death."

I guess the only good that is going to come out of this is that it gets people talking about these issues again.

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Colonel is Offline Master Sergeant Posts: 1,789 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Marietta, GA	03-23-2005, 09:34 PM [quote="Sgt>Stackem":f1453] 10. The nurse who claims Michael Schiavo directed her not to care for his wife was terminated by the Hospice Center for theft..[/quote:f1453] I wonder if this was the nurse that they interviewed on Nightline (not sure if that is the name of the show) tonight. They had a former nurse and a former court appointed guardian. The nurse's story, she cared for Terri around 1995, paints a totally different picture. She claimed that Michael was not that involved with the care. She did mention that he always wanted them to put makeup on Terri. But she says terri was not in a vegetative state then - that she could say hello to people etc. She also claimed to have heard Micheal say "when is that bitch going to die?" (I really found that hard to believe and it makes me suspicious of the rest of her story.) Anyway, she tells a different side of the story, that's for sure. The court guardian said that when he examined her in 1997 that she was not responsive at all. (the nurse countered that she was never responsive when men were around and, in fact, men were barred from her room.) The court guy did say that the staff at the facility generally disliked Michael. They also had a guest who was extremely disabled but able to talk. She made an interesting comment that people make casual remarks like "I wouldn't want to live that way." But that these are only casual remarks, made without knowing what they are talking about. It's hard to explain, but she made a very valid point. It made me wonder how many people would change their mind about that if they were told, "We are not just going to pull a plug and you die painlessly and instantly. We are going to starve you to death." I guess the only good that is going to come out of this is that it gets people talking about these issues again.