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Dear Katie, I will try my best to respond to your email below, but first I want to thank you for your thoughts and concern! --- [log in to unmask] wrote: SNIPPED> ...Edith's posting which > encourages you to investigate > your dad's death further and to consider the > possiblity that there was > negligence or wrongdoing somewhere at the VA. We have never thought there was Negligence or wrongdoing at the VA. My dad stabbed himself at home. You > and your family could have > requested an autopsy, tox screens, and blood levels > prior to the time your > father was prepared for burial. (I assume your > father has been buried, or > possibly cremated, since he died in February). Well I'm sure we could have, if our minds were functioning correctly. We were and probably are still in shock! I was under the impression until just a few weeks ago, that there was an autopsy. My mother finally informed me that there will just be a coroners report. My father was buried on 2-13-2002. > I assume that the VA, in its > own internal investigation, interviewed personnel > and possibly performed some > tests or other procedures. There should be the > record of this investigation > as well as the medical records at the hospital. I was told yesterday that this is confidential, would I be able to get a copy of their investigation? > > I think you, your mother, and your family, > although it is very > difficult to accept the fact and manner of your > father's death, can > determine, can sense, if there were problems at the > VA, or with the attending > physician, at the time of your father's death. My mother has the highest respect for Dr.Peacock and has no intentions of bringing any law suits against him, or the hospital. She believes in her heart that this was a result of medication induced hallucinations. SNIPPED> Exhuming a body is very expensive as > well as emotionally > harrowing. I would not even consider for one second asking my mother to do such a thing! I can not and will not even put her through the emotional toll, that even this discussion would have on her. I hope you understand that my mother is my number one priority in life right now? Answers to my questions will not provide any comfort, if they could even be obtained? if it were to injure or God forbid kill my mom! SNIPPED> I would be much > more interested in the > dosages, and the frequency of those dosages, of > medication as given in the > hospital, and recorded in the chart, and the > matching of actual dosages as > given and recorded with the doctor's orders as > written in the chart. He was not in the hospital! I posted what drugs and frequency of each drug a month ago, if you want I'll see if I still have it and forward it to you? I would > also be interested in any blood levels or tox > screens of the blood taken at > the time of death, but I doubt that any were taken > and you can't get them > know. It is possible some blood levels or tox screens will be in the coroners report, which I will see at the end of April. No lawyers! if any doctor on this list wants to investigate, let them contact us, but no more strain for my mother. Please consider this scenario and it is a valid one! If I hired a lawyer, my mom would be put through this hell all over again and possibly for nothing. What if they find that the only one who could have prevented this was my mother! What if they tell her if she had taken him to the hospital, maybe he'd be alive. Did she know what drugs he was taking and how much the day he died? NO, then why not? I will not take that chance, she already feels guilty. My mother did not kill my dad! but sometimes in these types of proceedings, things can get ugly and all turned around. SNIPPED> Thank you Katie! This unfortunately will remained inconclusive. My dad died as a result of complications of medications taken for Parkinson's Disease. Johanna Thompson Ontario, CA, USA [log in to unmask] Father-Clarence Marion (Manie)Brady-Deceased 2-11-2002 72 at death, diagnosed with PD in 1988 ===== Johanna,Ubu(epi)and Kido Ontario, California, USA Ubu-63lb+,4yr old,Neutered,Lab Mix,Rescue Pup 113.4Mg Pb BID, 1 1/4cc KBr BID 250mg/ml, .3mg Soloxine BID Flint River Ranch Kido-45lb,2yr Spayed,Chow/Shepard,Rescue pup,BARF no grains __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn