the most incredible thing about all this is that there was no malpractice at all.
the family caused this.
several things.
while her body isn't technically decomposing, it's definitely going to show signs of dissolution. the muscles, including the heart, will atrophy. this can cause distention, making the skin stretched. if they're feeding her a lot (given the family fat history I don't doubt over feeding) this will pack on a thicker fat layer as well.
so the muscles atrophy and the tendons go lax. this is what's going on with her hands- they're positioned strangely because the muscles do not function, it's tendons pulling the fingers up and back.
as the muscles atrophy and the layer of fat increases, this puts stress on the skin. that shiny look is from this- stretching. it does kill skin cells. it does mean that skin layers will die and slough off.
also the peripheral nerves and veins will have been affected by the lack of oxygen when she died. that's why her fingertips and feet look wrong; it's poor circulation or no circulation. this, over time, can cause gangrene, sepsis, our systemic inflammatory response (this is why a lot of brain-dead look bloated.)
in all, the body will slowly fall apart- the measures taken to preserve it will not prevent the slow decay of atrophy and lack of nerve stimulation. if you look at early photos of schiavo and compare to later ones, you can see this happening. at some point that family refused further photos, for good reason.
dead bodies eventually look dead despite all best efforts.
and the eyes are taped likely due to the same kind of shit that got this girl killed to begin with- the family fucking up aftercare. they can't follow goddamn directions, so they likely didn't lubricate her slightly-opened eyes at first, and the surface dried out and died. they'll never be seen open again, I'd bet.
I mean this is a family that couldn't be left alone in the room with someone who only needed to stay quiet and not eat. granny nurse using suction on her is the worst of it, but feeding her? talking? they didn't follow directions to begin with, and they killed the kid. this sick show is how they're dealing with the guilt.
I'd like to see more posts from the mother and grandmother, personally. I've only seen a few from them before all this and they seemed awful people to begin with.
