Background: https://ouramazinggrace.substack.com/
Full trial available on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZARQqzsiQs&list=PL56VARtG0Zy92THB4NKjtP1EhanFytcql
I am watching the trial videos and making notes of what stands out to me . . . will update as I go along.
Day 1: Mother on stand . . . some minor difference in what she said at previous deposition to today . . . mother had difficulties hearing defense lawyer due to echoing from sound system and the lawyer had to repeat each question. Judge intervened to direct mother’s attention.
During Grace’s hospital stay, mother was sick at home so did not witness events in emergency room leading to Grace’s hospital stay.
Day 2: Father on stand . . . the father was with Grace during ER visit and initial phases of the hospitalization. They brought Grace into ER because she had cold symptoms, a positive PCR test and most significantly (to them) a low number of the pulse oximeter. She was not having trouble breathing. Father just wanted to get a prescription to order oxygen to raise daughter’s oxygen levels. (He would find out later that it was not necessary to get a doctor’s prescription to get oxygen.)
He followed directions of FLCCC . . . after the doctor in the ER consulted with Grace and her father. . . Dr. said that Grace could go home or if they wanted to . . . as a precautionary measure, they could admit Grace to administer steroids and oxygen. The father thought steroids and oxygen would help so he decided to admit Grace.
After 7 hours in ER they were put into a regular hospital room at around midnight that night. Then Grace was given a drug called Presedex . . . according to hospital administration . . after a patient is given Presedex – their room is labeled as an ICU (in name only Grace never changed room during her hospital stay.)_
Again, Grace was not an emergency and was staying only for precautionary treatment which was voluntary. She could have gone home with doctor’s approval.
Day 2 cont. – Father testimony
Grace was using a nasal cannula. Attending physician erroneously put in chart that she was using a BiPAP machine.
Doctor also erroneously wrote that Grace was deaf in the medical records. Father believed this was a copy/paste error from previous reports.
Father stayed quarantined with Grace in her room. Alarms kept going off every few minutes waking Grace and himself. He asked nurses about it, one showed him how to turn off alarm as it was not an emergency. The alarms went off every time Grace moved her arm as the IV was in the bend of her arm so they moved it.
BiPAP kept getting reported in medical records while Grace was on nasal cannula.
Grace was giving Lorazepam and Precedex without informing father. He had only approved steroids and Tylenol. He did not find out until after her death when reading medical records.
No one told father that Grace was given Vapotherm. Grace was put on a higher oxygen flow which she didn’t like. She became uncharacteristically difficult, kept taking it out, so father approved restraints.
Doctor suggested that Grace sleep on her stomach. Father could not do that by himself with the equipment and asked the nurses to help him. Nurses were busy with something and would not help him.
Doctor wanted to more closely monitor urine output so requested a catheter. Father approved and signed a waiver. They also put in a picc line to her heart, without telling the father. They had written in picc line on the waiver he signed for the catheter.
On Oct 7th Grace was overdosed or over sedated with the Lorazepam and father was not informed of this. On Oct 8th Grace was over sedated again on Precedex. Father was not informed.
A doctor suggested Grace be put on a ventilator after this. Father asked about survival of this, and doctor said 20% survival chances. Father in shock that what started as Grace just getting steroids and nasal cannula turned into a life/death situation. He was unaware of the Lorazepam and Precedex drugs and the over sedation.
Day 2 cont.
Father testimony
Dr Baum suggested a ventilator for Grace because blood/gas results had been taken late at night showing need for ventilator. Father requested another test (during day.) 2nd test done and results showed she did not need a ventilator. Dr. agreed that Grace was ok.
Father didn’t know about Grace’s drug overdoses and now realized picc line was used to give drugs to reverse overdose: atropine, norepinephrine, + dopamine(?). No one informed father that these drugs were administrated.
These two drug overdoses were life threatening and no one informed father.
On Oct 9th Grace started improving. Father ordered food for her from cafeteria. Nurse showed up and said she can’t eat bc her oxygen was only 85%. Father did not believe this as Grace was doing fine so he tested with his oximeter, and it read 95%. He asked nurse how the results could be so different, and she blamed “sweaty lines” affecting results. She also told him that he should be grateful that he caught this.
In early evening he wanted to feed Grace. The night nurse Emily Fischer claimed that they couldn’t feed Grace because she was on bipap. So, father called Dr Becker (thinking that he was attending physician in charge when he was really a hospitalist.)
There was a confrontation about feeding Grace. The next morning, Oct 10th, nurse showed up with an armed guard (father thought he had a gun but later found out it was a taser) to tell him he had to leave immediately.
The nurse told him that he had to leave because he was turning off alarms and they thought he had covid.
Before this time, no one had complained to him about his behavior. Father had no warning that he might be thrown out of hospital.
Father left after calling his attorney who advised him to leave peacefully so he did. It was the last time he saw his daughter in-person alive.
After this he communicated with Grace via an iPad. They had 3 calls on Oc10th.
Since someone needed to be there to advocate for his special needs daughter, his other daughter Jess, had POA and went in to replace her father as Grace’s advocate. Jess was refused entry into Grace’ room.
On Oct 11th there were no iPad calls. Father felt it was urgent to get someone in there to be with Grace. They had never left her alone before.
Fathers attorney called the hospital attorney, and they worked it out so that Jess was allowed access on Oct 11th in the afternoon but she was kicked out at 7pm when visiting hours ended and couldn’t get in until 11am the next day, Oct 12th.
Oct 12th father spoke to Dr. Shokar and discussed faulty oxygen readings. Dr S wanted pre-authorization for ventilation. This was 3rd time ventilation was brought up after other Dr Baum brought up 2 earlier times.
Father did not want to approve pre-authorization at this time but did listen to what Dr S explained about ventilation (unlike previous Dr B did not explain in detail just asked to do it.) However, Dr. S did not explain why he felt Grace needed ventilator, except to say, “Things happen in the middle of the night.” (that would require ventilator.) Conversation ended with Dr. S saying that he would call father the next morning for an answer.
Father felt the hospital was following an automated protocol of cannula-vapotherm-bipap-ventilator.
Day 2 cont. Father deposition
Jess was with Grace the night of Oct 12th. Dr Shokar said Grace was doing well and he wanted to put a feeding tube in for nutrition to get her out in a few days. Father gave permission for feeding tube.
Dr put DNR on Grace’s chart without telling father or anyone else in his family.
Oct 13th – Last day of Grace’s life. They gave Grace Lorazepam and Precedex. No one informed father. There was no consent for these drugs.
Jess left to go home and shower between 8-9:30. During this time Grace was put in restraints and the nurses wouldn’t let her get up to use the bathroom.
Grace was given a feeding tube + bridle which made her face bloody. Jess called father to tell him Grace’s oxygen numbers were very low. Father told her test Grace with oximeter and it read 93% so they knew Grace was fine.
They gave Grace Precedex + three doses of Lorazepam. The father was never informed about these drugs being used on Grace. They continued to give these drugs even after two overdoses with them earlier.
At 6:43pm Dr. S called father and informed him that Grace was doing well and that he had given her morphine to slow her breathing. No one had told the father that they were going to give her morphine – no consent given.
Grace was on a maximum dose of Precedex when the morphine was given. Father unaware of Precedex being given.
Later medical records revealed that the doctor told the nurse to stop the Precedex before he gave morphine but the Precedex was not stopped until 22 minute after morphine administered. According to package insert, Morphine is never supposed to be used with Precedex as it can be fatal. Father thinks this is why Grace died.
At 7:18pm Jess called father to inform him that Grace’s numbers were crashing and the nurses wouldn’t come in to help. Father was put on speaker phone and he could hear the nurses, who were standing outside of the room, telling Jess that Grace is DNR. The father and Jess told the nurses that she was not DNR but the nurses still wouldn’t do anything.
Grace died at 7:27 pm on Oct 13th.
After Grace’s death, father asked Dr. Shokar if a ventilator may have saved Grace’s life and the doctor said, “No.” Dr. S repeated this in his deposition that a ventilator would not have saved Grace.
Day 2 continued:
FLCC doctors all lost their licenses
-Security guard said in deposition that he did not tell Mr. Schara to escalate the situation at the hospital
-Mr. Schara is not a medical doctor or medical expert
-When Grace began showing cold symptoms they followed FLCC protocols of ivermectin
-Parents took Grace to hospital when her oxygen saturation showed 87-91%
-ER said she had covid pneumonia
-Mr Schara denied medication toxylyamab(sp?) on Grace
– Mr. Schara was hospitalized a few days after being ejected from hospital
-Mr. Schara believes the pandemic was a plandemic and that the covid virus has never been isolated
-Mr. Schara believes the vaccines are a bioweapon and that the DOD + Pfizer are tools in the war between God + Satan.
-Mr. Schara believes that the US has become too dependent on the allopathic medical system. “the United States has 4.2% of the world’s population and we consume 45% of the world’s pharmaceuticals 5 billion prescriptions annually”
-Mr. Schara did not turn off alarms but reset them as the nurse had shown him how to do.
-Dr. Beck said in his deposition that he was in the room with Grace but Mr. Schara said he was not. Dr. Beck wrote in his notes that Grace was on a bipap but she was on canula.
Day 3 – Nurse Hollee McInnes
-To her ‘over sedated’ meant someone thrashing around.
-The hospital was not understaffed.
-She thought Grace made her own medical decisions as there was no guardian listed in her medical records. A POA is listed elsewhere.
-Grace was not stopped from going to the bathroom. Grace was not well enough to go to the bathroom with her breathing difficulties.
-Grace’s sister was not allowed to shower in Grace’s room because she’d have to remove ppe and it was an isolation room with negative pressure to prevent Covid.
-Maximum dose of Precedex given to Grace (1.4).
-When she came to work – she was surprised Grace didn’t die the night before.
-There were no restraints put on Grace. Only mitts were put on her hands so she couldn’t pull out feeding tube.
-She does not remember any nosebleed when they put in a tube for nutrition. She did not write anything in her notes.
-Nurses don’t obtain consent for administering drug, that is the doctor’s responsibility. At 11am she gave Grace Lorazepam an antianxiety medication without consent.
-She knew Grace was on Precedex + Lorazepam at the same time. Asked if she knew that this combination was potentially dangerous, she said that they are used a lot and she constantly monitored Grace’s vitals.
-She did not discuss DNR order with family and was not present during any conversations regarding DNR order.
-She gave Grace another dose of Lorazepam at 5:46 pm because she was in respiratory distress. She wanted to slow breathing down so she would breath normally.
– 3 minutes later she gave a third does of Lorazepam. These doses did not help her respiratory distress per the charted vitals.
-Dr. Shokar ordered morphine for Grace at 6:15 (or50pm?) There is no indication in records to indicate what the morphine was for.
-Grace was somnolent (not responding, sleepy) at 5 + 6pm reports.
Day 3 cont. Dr. Shokar
-Dr, Shokar did not order the Precedex but was aware of it and as needed Ativan aka Lorazepam. They are both anti-anxiety medications.
-He only treated Grace on 12th + 13th of October when she passed.
-Precedex doesn’t affect respiration.
-He was aware of one previous overdose but not the other one. Overdoses were not while under his care.
-He spoke to Schara’s for over an hour answering questions and getting the DNI.
-He said that Mr. Schara’s resetting alarms might have compromised her care depending on which alarms, so he can’t say for certain that it did.
-Generally patients a/o their POA are told about Precedex and Lorazepam being given to a patient. These medications were started before Dr. Shokar started caring for Grace.
-Grace had a viral pneumonia infection so they do not have anti-virals for this – the Precedex and Lorazepam are used to treat symptoms like respiratory distress or anxiety. They do not cure Covid.
-Grace kept interfering with the bipap machine so they gave her that anti-anxiety medication.
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Day 3 cont.
Dr Gilbert Berdine, MD Internist, board certified pulmonologist + critical care
– PH in blood should be between 7.35 – 7.45
-Too much acid PH in blood makes person sick and have trouble breathing. More oxygen needed to break down acid in blood.
-In his opinion, the cause of Grace’s death was caused by metabolic acidosis caused by overdose of Precedex. Problems progressed with Lorazepam overdoes and she went into shock. The lactic acid accumulated in her blood system. Shortly before her death, the morphine had a catastrophic effect which lowered her breathing. Her PH dropped more (acidic) level and her heart stopped.
-Grace was overdosed three times at hospital: Oct 7, 8 + 13th.
-Grace’s rapid breathing was her body trying to balance blood PH which was too acidic or metabolic acidosis. Shown with blood/gas tests.
-Acidosis is often confused as a breathing problem.
-Mr. Schara was not told that Grace was given Precedex and Lorazepam which is a breach of the standard of care.
– Informed Consent: 4 elements: 1st Dr. must explain the desired goal so that the patient can understand with reasonable expectations of the likelihood of achieving those goals. 2nd Dr must inform patient of the risks and the reasonable likelihood of those risks. 3rd Dr must inform about alternatives to achieve the desired goals other than what Dr is proposing to do. 4th All of this information must be documented in the medical records.
-Not informing the Schara’s about Grace’s overdose was a breach of standard of care. The first overdose Oct 7th caused severe respiration depression and hypotension. It was a life-threatening event.
-The next day after Grace’s first overdose on Precedex, on Oct 8th she was given Precedex again at a higher dose and overdosed again. Dr. Shokar said there were no other events after the initial overdose. Dr. Berdine disagrees with his statement and described why.
-On Oct 8th Grace was in metabolic acidosis. It was another life-threatening event.
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Day 4
Dr Gilbert Berdine
– Oct 7 +8th 2021 Grace was overdosed on Precedex which require resuscitation drugs for 8 hours via a picc line or central line. Both overdoses were life threatening.
-Oct 10th the father was evicted from Grace’s hospital room. This should not have happened because 1. Father was not informed properly about what could lead to him being evicted 2. He was needed to be there to keep the breathing mask on Grace who found it difficult to wear constantly. The father being removed from the room resulted in Grace’s oxygen levels to dropping afterwards.
-Father resetting some alarms was not concerning because it is known by hospital staff that in the ICU most alarms are irrelevant and not affecting care. Alarms interrupt sleep which is vitally important.
-On Oct 13th Grace was overdosed a 3rd time on three drugs: Precedex, Lorazepam, and Morphine. Grace was given increasing doses of Precedex in amounts that earlier caused life threatening overdoses. The Precedex caused Grace to have metabolic acidosis.
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Day 4 cont.
-Grace was given the maximum dose of Precedex without informing her advocate which is against standard care.
-8 minutes after the Precedex was increased to the maximum dose, a DNR was placed in her chart.
-Standard of care is that a doctor discuss with patient / advocate about the order with a witness before putting a DNR order. Mr. Schara testified that he was not informed about the DNR order. The patient or advocate or POA can reverse a DNR and it’s effective immediately.
-If there is any confusion about whether a DNR is on the chart or not- medical staff should err on the side of saving the patient and work it out later.
-At the time of the DNR, Dr. Berdine did not think Grace’s situation was futile. She could still have been saved.
Day 4 cont.
-Grace’s respiration status deteriorated significantly.
-On Oct 13th the Lorazepam dose given to Grace was not beneficial as she was somnolent or unresponsive according to Ras score, so did not need to be sedated. There was no reason to give her Lorazepam.
– The Lorazepam suppressed Grace’s respiration at a time that she was trying to maintain her PH in the face of progress metabolic acidosis due to the Precedex.
-Grace was somnolent and given another dose of Lorazepam. This was a breach of the standard of care.
-Precedex overdoses caused the metabolic acidosis.
-The administration of morphine, ordered by Dr. Shokar and administered by nurse McGinnis was a breach of standard care. The morphine and Precedex caused her death.
-Grace never needed a ventilator. Her oxygen saturation was adequate without it.
Day 4 cont.
– Dr Gilbert Berdine was not paid for his testimony. He felt so strongly that the breaches of the standard of care in the case of Grace Schara that he donated his expertise and time for this trial.
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