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liters of fluid within the next eight hours and when awake they
should attempt to feed her.
On December 2, 1995, Laura Arrunada, also a staff member in
the Medical Liaison Office, indicates to your Affiant that she gave Lisa chioral hydrate per Janice Johnson’s instructions for Lisa McPherson to sleep. Laura indicates this was because Lisa was too active.
Your Affiant further learned from Rita Boykin, a caretaker,
that she also administered an intermuscular shot to Lisa McPherson on one occasion but does not remember when and where in the “time stream” that this happened. She further indicates that Lisa McPherson didn’t know what she was being given or who approved it. Also, Rita Boykin testified that she did not know how the syringe and the bottle got there but assumed that Lisa McPherson was getting it. According to a written request prepared immediately after Lisa’s death by CSFSO employee Marcus Quirino, Boykin admitted giving magnesium shots to Lisa including the day of her death. He also quotes Laura Arrunada as saying Lisa was given magnesium injections on Saturday and that this continued over the following two days.
Your Affiant states that the testimony of the caretakers is
conflicting as to Lisa’s physical decline over the last five days of her life. Janice Johnson acknowledged in her taped statement that she had noticed Lisa’s health declining and that she had lost weight the Friday before her death. The caretaker notes |
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