What YOU Can Do About Michael Schiavo’s “Award”
Recently, I posted about Michael Schiavo being named Guardian of the Year.
Below is reaction from those close to Terri’s case and what YOU can do about this travesty.
From Cheryl Ford, RN:
Attorney Patricia Anderson sent a letter to Bioethicist Kenneth Goodman in response to the Guardian of the Year Award Goodman presented to Michael Schiavo. Read the article about the so-called “welcomed hero” Michael Schiavo. The article follows Ms. Anderson’s letter.
Please…pick up your telephone and let your voices be heard. Call Elizabeth at the Florida Guardianship Association 850-322-0525 and give your opinions.
Our voices are the only way to STOP state organizations like the FSGA from honoring people like Schiavo.
Even though Terri tried to say …I waaaaaaa to live…no one listened.
Let us continue to speak for Terri so her death was not in vain.
Thank you for taking the time to read and share this email.
Remember, we CAN and WILL make a difference!
Cheryl Ford RN
Fight4Terri@aol.com
And the letter from Patricia Anderson:
Dear Mr. Goodman,
As Bob and Mary Schindler’s former attorney, I have a passing fair familiarity with the facts of Michael Schiavo’s conduct as a guardian for Terri Schiavo.
Did you know that FOR TWELVE YEARS – from 1990 until 2002 – Mr. Schiavo steadfastly refused to take the statutorily-mandated training all private guardians must undergo? Did you know his refusal came in the face of annual demands from the Clerk’s office that he do so?
Did you also know that Mr. Schiavo did not file annual reports and plans in a timely fashion year after year and, for at least two years, filed no report and plan at all?
Did you know that when Mr. Schiavo did grudgingly and belatedly file plans – there was no plan at all for her improvement?
Did you know the experimental surgical treatment that you specifically mentioned as praiseworthy occurred in NOVEMBER, 1990? Did you know that after the summer of 1992, Terri never received another minute of therapy of any kind – including routine physical therapy – up until the moment of her death, on Mr. Schiavo’s orders?
These are facts documented in the court file, Mr. Goodman. They are not unwarranted “attacks” on Mr. Schiavo, simply facts that anyone who makes an effort can discover. The further fact that the Court did not ever sanction Mr. Schiavo for his shortcomings as a guardian is more a testament to an overloaded court docket than a testament to Mr. Schiavo’s dedication.
Don’t you think honoring Mr. Schiavo as “Guardian of the Year” is insulting to the thousands of honest, hard-working guardians who follow Florida law in act and spirit? There is much more to being a guardian than insisting on the ward’s death, Mr. Goodman.
I would like to know how many of the Florida guardians voted on this year’s award. Was it the entire membership or a committee of a handful of people?
Please do me the honor of a reply.
Pat Anderson
kgoodman@miami.edu
Tel: 305-243-5723
Fax: 305-243-6416
Mailman Center for Child Development
Suite 2050
P.O.B. 016960
(UM M-825)
Miami FL 33101
FLORIDA STATE GUARDIANSHIP ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 13978
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Email:
executiveoffice@floridaguardians.com
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