Saturday, June 25, 2005

Terr's autopsy report

At last we have the autopsy results for Terri. There is good and bad news as a result of this report. At first glance the report seems to be biased in favour of Michael Schiavo, but when the report is reviewed in detail there are points where one needs to read between the lines. Some points that have come out of the report are the following:

1. The official cause of death is listed as: complications of Anoxic Encephalopathy;

The manner of death is listed as: Undetermined.

There has been a lot of debate about this analysis on the death of Theresa Schindler. What are the complications of "Anoxic Encephalopathy", considering that the actual cause of death is in reality the judicially enforced starvation and dehydration of Theresa Schindler? Those complications are her enforced starvation and dehydration to death.

2. The M.E. determined that the potassium imbalance was not caused by an eating disorder, that Terri did not have bulimia.

3. The M.E. stated that the bone scan could not be used to determine whether or not Terri had signs of injury from abuse.

On this point (I will be returning to the comments that were made) I believe that the Me.E. came to a flawed conclusion. I intend to look at this particular portion of the report in greater depth.

4. That Terri's condition when she arrived at the M.E.'s office showed signs of dehydration. The description of Terri's appearance at death is a direct contrast to the Felos claims that Terri looked beautiful (proving that George Felos has a sickness called necrophilia - a fascination for death that is not normal).

Over time I will address the various issues that have arisen as a result of the autopsy report. It is a report that I believe to be somewhat flawed in some of its conclusions due to the fact that the M.E. relied solely upon information supplied by the Schiavo lawyers. The M.E. was at pains to mention that there were missing documents that could have thrown light upon the manner in which Terri ended up in a collapsed heap on the floor.

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