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| Terri Nurse: Let Me Testify |
| Friday, March 25, 2005 |
A registered nurse who cared for Terri Schiavo complained on Thursday that federal judges in the case have not taken the time to examine her bombshell allegations - and she is considering joining with two other Schiavo nurses for a joint press conference.
"We wanted to testify but we weren't allowed to," Carla Sauer Iyer told WBT Charlotte substitute host Steve Malzberg. "Very few of us were allowed to see Terri," she said, noting that she and her nurse colleagues witnessed behavior that would be inconsistent for someone in a persistent vegetative state.
"That's been the problem the whole time - [presiding] Judge Greer not looking into all the evidence," Iyer said.
Asked if any of the other judges who reviewed the case and ruled against Terri recently know anything about her story, Iyer said, "They have never interviewed me.
"None of us were able to testify," she said, referring to fellow nurses Heidi Law and Carolyn Johnson, who corroborate Iyer's claims that medical treatment was being withheld from Terri on Michael Schiavo's orders.
"Nineteen judges have not looked at the evidence," Iyer complained.
Asked if she would consider holding a joint press conference with nurses Law and Johnson, Iyer said: "Yes. I can get a hold of Carolyn." But she wasn't sure about Ms. Law.
"She said she had been threatened and was scared" back in 2003, after submitting an affidavit in case, Iyer said.
"I was being followed back then," Iyer revealed, saying she called the police at the time. "Even my neighbors were saying somebody was watching my house."
Iyer said she had attempted to contact Gov. Jeb Bush years ago and would try again on Friday as the clock winds down on Schiavo's life.
Since Iyer spoke to Malzberg, Ms. Law has come forward for radio and television interviews.
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