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April 10, 2005
Another travesty averted - for now
It would seem that - for now - we've averted another Terri Schiavo-type murder.
Sherri at Straight Up With Sherri reports that 81-year-old Mae Magourik, who had been hospitalized with a dissected aorta, then subsequently hospiced and denied food and water at the insistence of her grand-daughter (who, it would seem did not have medical power-of-attorney to have this done), has now been removed from said hospice and transferred to another hospital, fed and re-hydrated.
Yes, I'm keeping an eye on this one - not to mention giving Sherri a higher-than-normal place on the blogroll.
You see, Sherri's a Georgia blogger who actually possesses a clue - unlike some other Georgia blogger we all know...
Posted by Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at April 10, 2005 05:56 PM
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Saw the story here via James Lileks (having trouble locating Lileks' permalink). This is frightening - not anywhere near PVS, not terminal, and has a living will that EXPLICITLY states that feeding tubes shalt not be removed.
Posted by: Alan K. Henderson at April 11, 2005 02:51 AM
Read the comments over at Sherri's blog and there's an anonymous chickenshit troll crapping all over the place.
Being unsure on "the rules" of that blog, I refrained from taunting and ridiculing that ass-monkey into a quivering pile of goo.
Damn, it was hard to resist......
Posted by: Elephant Man at April 12, 2005 06:31 AM