Gary Coleman's ex-wife Shannon Price explained her decision to take him off life support after he suffered a brain hemorrhage last week. She doesn't want her ex-husband to be like Muhammad Ali or Terri Schiavo.
Price interview posted on TMZ, "The doctors told us that even if they had done surgery on him, he would've died. He would've bled to death during the surgery. Even if they did take a chunk out of his brain, he would not be the same. He'd basically be like Muhammad Ali ... I mean, Gary was gone."
In making this top decision, she says, "I don't want people to be so hard on me thinking I had to pull the plug too early. He wouldn't have made it anyway. His heart would've just given out. I don't want people to sit there and think I'm a bitch, and that I didn't care about him."
Price is being questioned about her authority to make final medical decisions after it was discovered that couple already divorced two years ago. The Utah hospital came to Shannon Price's defense saying that Gary had signed an "Advanced Health Care Directive that granted Shannon Price permission".
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Price interview posted on TMZ, "The doctors told us that even if they had done surgery on him, he would've died. He would've bled to death during the surgery. Even if they did take a chunk out of his brain, he would not be the same. He'd basically be like Muhammad Ali ... I mean, Gary was gone."
In making this top decision, she says, "I don't want people to be so hard on me thinking I had to pull the plug too early. He wouldn't have made it anyway. His heart would've just given out. I don't want people to sit there and think I'm a bitch, and that I didn't care about him."
Price is being questioned about her authority to make final medical decisions after it was discovered that couple already divorced two years ago. The Utah hospital came to Shannon Price's defense saying that Gary had signed an "Advanced Health Care Directive that granted Shannon Price permission".
[Photo: AP]
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