Casey Kasem has passed away ~ Rest in peace, Casey

[JSR]

Wow.

"After the hearing, Martin said he thought the judge's decision was "going to cause Mr. Kasem more pain and suffering. This is pretty typical for the way Mrs. Kasem has conducted herself in the case."

Later Kerri Kasem issued a statement: "We (Kerri, Mike, Julie and Casey's brother) have been at the hospital by his side, sleeping in his room for nine days during this difficult time. We wish Jean would come back to Washington, and be by his side in his last moments."

http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...dge-sides-wife-over-medical-treatment-n126331

 

[LinasK]

Oh this is rich: "My husband is a great man," she said. "He’s a national treasure. He deserves his personal dignity. He’s earned that right."
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...dge-sides-wife-over-medical-treatment-n126331
But stealing him and his medical equipment in the middle of the night, taking him on a 5-day road trip to hide him out with people he never knew, playing recordings of him moaning, and tossing packages of frozen ground beef while shouting biblical verses IS treating him with dignity???:banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[Morag]

Oh this is rich: "My husband is a great man," she said. "He’s a national treasure. He deserves his personal dignity. He’s earned that right."
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...dge-sides-wife-over-medical-treatment-n126331
But stealing him and his medical equipment in the middle of the night, taking him on a 5-day road trip to hide him out with people he never knew, playing recordings of him moaning, and tossing packages of frozen ground beef while shouting biblical verses IS treating him with dignity???:banghead::banghead::banghead:

I think this poor lady has broken under the strain of what's occurring in her life. Her husband of 3 decades is dying, rather horribly. Her stepchildren are concerned, and rightly so, but are unwilling to give their unstable stepmother the benefit of the doubt for family peace and public dignity. However the last days and weeks play out, poor Casey is leaving his family soon. Perhaps the judge can recommend some family therapy.

 

[Tulessa]

I think this poor lady has broken under the strain of what's occurring in her life. Her husband of 3 decades is dying, rather horribly. Her stepchildren are concerned, and rightly so, but are unwilling to give their unstable stepmother the benefit of the doubt for family peace and public dignity. However the last days and weeks play out, poor Casey is leaving his family soon. Perhaps the judge can recommend some family therapy.

I just think she is heartless.

 

[LinasK]

I think this poor lady has broken under the strain of what's occurring in her life. Her husband of 3 decades is dying, rather horribly. Her stepchildren are concerned, and rightly so, but are unwilling to give their unstable stepmother the benefit of the doubt for family peace and public dignity. However the last days and weeks play out, poor Casey is leaving his family soon. Perhaps the judge can recommend some family therapy.

I think his kids are the ones who want family peace and public dignity, not Jean!!!

 

[Wagara]

I doubt the kids will ever want therapy with her...she's not their family and it sounds like that's how she wanted it. I hope they can be with their dad till the end and know they did what they could. I have no sympathy for her
..she doesn't seem to be anything other than a selfish, petty, and vindictive shrew to me.

 

[JSR]

I think his kids are the ones who want family peace and public dignity, not Jean!!!

Agreed! It seems to me that Jean is thriving off the drama she creates. She has made multiple scenes even again today by theatrically "falling to her knees weeping outside the courtroom today".

Jean only wants to scream and fight if she doesn't get her way. If she really wants to give Casey dignity she needs to suck it up and do her best to make sure he's comfortable and surrounded by ALL his loved ones not just her and Liberty.

 

[gitana1]

But no pain meds? So just starve him, let him get dehydrated but give him no pain meds? That sounds like torture to me.

And if a doctor told me to do that to anyone that I love, I would be telling them to move along to someone else as I would be finding a competent doctor to be treating my loved one instead.

MOO

I think the article is probably not 100% accurate. We've seen that in articles a lot. When they say "medications", I think they mean life-sustaining ones like anti-biotics. I don;t think his family - any of them - would want to deprive him of pain meds. That is highly unusual for hospice. Today it is understood that dying people, people in comas, people with dementia, babies, etc., all feel pain. Pain meds are encessary to comfort.

I have to agree. I don't understand how giving pain meds, water, and feedings are more painful than withholding them and letting the person starve and dehydrate. If this is the case, Casey only has one week at best to live. The end is near for him. Jean had better get used to his family being there and had better allow them at whatever funeral/memorial service is held for him.

I think dehydrating a person to death is torture as well. So would be denying pain meds. But I don;t think that last one is happening.

I have learned that G-tubes can be very painful and feedings can be painful. It's all over the internet.

I can;t see how hydration would hurt though unless they just mean he is in pain being alive and that hastening his death is more humane. But that's what pain meds are for.

I think this poor lady has broken under the strain of what's occurring in her life. Her husband of 3 decades is dying, rather horribly. Her stepchildren are concerned, and rightly so, but are unwilling to give their unstable stepmother the benefit of the doubt for family peace and public dignity. However the last days and weeks play out, poor Casey is leaving his family soon. Perhaps the judge can recommend some family therapy.

Well, the poor lady has alienated her husband's family for 33 years. She never liked his kids, wouldn't allow them in "her" house after they each turned 18, hasn't spoken to his brother in 33 years, is jealous, controlling and odd. If she's broken under the strain, her husband must have been dying for 33 years because she's apparently been acting crazy all that time.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Let that poor man slip away and be at peace. He has suffered for so very long. We treat our animals with more dignity and grace. For shame.

 

[TorisMom003]

I think the article is probably not 100% accurate. We've seen that in articles a lot. When they say "medications", I think they mean life-sustaining ones like anti-biotics. I don;t think his family - any of them - would want to deprive him of pain meds. That is highly unusual for hospice. Today it is understood that dying people, people in comas, people with dementia, babies, etc., all feel pain. Pain meds are encessary to comfort.

Snipped by me.

I sincerely hope that you are correct. I wish that the media would report accurate information. The way the article is written it sounds as if all medication is going to be denied. That is the problem I have with this. If Casey is given pain meds, then fine. But to allow him to suffer through the pain without any relief is torture. I just hope and pray that Casey's best interests are what is most important instead of what the wife wants vs. what the kids want.

MOO

 

[LinasK]

I think the article is probably not 100% accurate. We've seen that in articles a lot. When they say "medications", I think they mean life-sustaining ones like anti-biotics. I don;t think his family - any of them - would want to deprive him of pain meds. That is highly unusual for hospice. Today it is understood that dying people, people in comas, people with dementia, babies, etc., all feel pain. Pain meds are encessary to comfort.



I think dehydrating a person to death is torture as well. So would be denying pain meds. But I don;t think that last one is happening.

I have learned that G-tubes can be very painful and feedings can be painful. It's all over the internet.

I can;t see how hydration would hurt though unless they just mean he is in pain being alive and that hastening his death is more humane. But that's what pain meds are for.



Well, the poor lady has alienated her husband's family for 33 years. She never liked his kids, wouldn't allow them in "her" house after they each turned 18, hasn't spoken to his brother in 33 years, is jealous, controlling and odd. If she's broken under the strain, her husband must have been dying for 33 years because she's apparently been acting crazy all that time.

Thank-you for stating what I couldn't!:goodpost::clap::clap::clap:

 

[JSR]

Wow and the war rages on. Jean made some serious allegations today and stated her stepdaughter Kerri is purposefully trying to kill Casey. Interesting since it appears that it's Jean who has done more and made judgments on his medical care that would lead to his death. It's been well documented that Casey has DRASTICALLY declined since she kidnapped him from the Santa Monica facility. Gosh I hope Judge Murphy doesn't switch back his care to Jean.

Also interesting point in the article Casey IS CURRENTLY receiving morphine. So he is getting pain management medications. It's Jean who wants to remove the morphine treatment Casey is receiving.

http://westsidetoday.com/2014/06/09/la-superior-court-speaks-casey-kasems-hospitalization/

 

[Boodles]

Wow and the war rages on. Jean made some serious allegations today and stated her stepdaughter Kerri is purposefully trying to kill Casey. Interesting since it appears that it's Jean who has done more and made judgments on his medical care that would lead to his death. It's been well documented that Casey has DRASTICALLY declined since she kidnapped him from the Santa Monica facility. Gosh I hope Judge Murphy doesn't switch back his care to Jean.

Also interesting point in the article Casey IS CURRENTLY receiving morphine. So he is getting pain management medications. It's Jean who wants to remove the morphine treatment Casey is receiving.

http://westsidetoday.com/2014/06/09/la-superior-court-speaks-casey-kasems-hospitalization/

Jean is nuts. The judge needs to shut her down. She's out of her mind and not competent to care for another. Her behavior speaks for itself. She seriously needs "help."

 

[LinasK]

Wow and the war rages on. Jean made some serious allegations today and stated her stepdaughter Kerri is purposefully trying to kill Casey. Interesting since it appears that it's Jean who has done more and made judgments on his medical care that would lead to his death. It's been well documented that Casey has DRASTICALLY declined since she kidnapped him from the Santa Monica facility. Gosh I hope Judge Murphy doesn't switch back his care to Jean.

Also interesting point in the article Casey IS CURRENTLY receiving morphine. So he is getting pain management medications. It's Jean who wants to remove the morphine treatment Casey is receiving.

http://westsidetoday.com/2014/06/09/la-superior-court-speaks-casey-kasems-hospitalization/

OMG! The man is actively dying and in pain, and she wants to remove his morphine??? What a witch! Pain is not death with dignity! The morphine is NOT what will kill him, only keep him comfortable. If Jean really wanted him to live, she wouldn't have moved him all over the country in his frail condition, would have seen that he got his feedings and antibiotics,kept hydrated, and treated the pressure sores, and given him pain meds. She is NOT a nurse and clearly doesn't know what's best for him!!!:banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[tlcya]

does anyone know what options Casey may have selected on his health directive or power of attorney for healthcare in regards to end of life intrusion?

What is most important to me is what HE would want to be happening right now. MOO

 

[LinasK]

does anyone know what options Casey may have selected on his health directive or power of attorney for healthcare in regards to end of life intrusion?

What is most important to me is what HE would want to be happening right now. MOO

Unless he signed it prior to coming down with dementia, I wouldn't trust that it's what he really wants and not what Jean wants.

That's why it's very important, no matter what your stance- pro-life or no resuscitative measures to get your wishes in writing while you are still mentally capable of deciding for yourself, so that noone has to suffer the way Casey is now in this battle.

 

[tlcya]

for sure not. I am familiar with Lewy Body and I absolutely agree. I meant ones from before diagnosis or determination that the dementia precluded signing such documents.

Most standard ones I am accustomed to address the person's express wishes in regard to specifics such as fluids, feeding tubes, extreme measures and pain management

I haven't followed this thread closely so apologies if it is common knowledge if there is a working/legally obtained POA and what it said.

 

[JSR]

Unless he signed it prior to coming down with dementia, I wouldn't trust that it's what he really wants and not what Jean wants.

That's why it's very important, no matter what your stance- pro-life or no resuscitative measures to get your wishes in writing while you are still mentally capable of deciding for yourself, so that noone has to suffer the way Casey is now in this battle.

Agreed. I'm actually suspicious of the POA Jean says supersedes the POA he gave to his daughter Julie and her husband in 2007. Jean "says" he signed a new one in 2011 but I question Casey's competency at that time. I believe he was diagnosed sometime in 2007, I think.

I also read in some article that quotes Jean's attorney as saying there is a trust for all of Casey's children including Liberty. And that trust is only 2 million to be equally shared among the 4 children. Since Casey's fortune is estimated at 80 million I have no idea why Jean would begrudge the 3 children from the previous marriage the relatively small inheritance in comparison to the HUGE inheritance she will get. It's so sad that's why Jean is making all this so ugly. But then again Jean is also a woman who was sued for emotional abuse by her maid for accusing her of stealing toilet paper, food and silverware.

 

[TorisMom003]

Jean needs to remember that she is no longer young herself. One day, possibly, her own daughter will have to make some decisions about her health for her. When the time comes, Liberty may remember exactly how Jean treated Casey.

Karma can be a b!tch and a child can hold a grudge for a very long time.

MOO

 

[AlwaysShocked]

Death by withdrawal of all artificial nutrition and all liquids including via IV line is NOT painful for the patient. And it is certainly NOT "torture". This is a myth!

By the time a patient reaches this point they usually are not feeling hunger or thirst. The body begins to shut down. They certainly are given pain meds, either by injection or per rectum. They soon become comatose and then just slip quietly away. It is a much more natural process than inserting a feeding tube into their body or even giving IV fluids.

These are elderly patients who have a terminal illness. They are never going to get better.

I do not feel under these circumstances it is right to artificially keep a terminal patient "alive" because some family member "doesn't want to let go". THAT'S cruel!