She had a ribbon tied into a bow. Petti says she called in the morning to make an appointment and spoke to Gwen Grantner. Howd the holes get there? She followed the large world around her closely with her blue eyes, and when someone caught her staring, she would laugh and break into a wide, coy smile. In the meantime, children in the pediatric intensive care unit continued to suffer, and sometimes to die, from unexplained medical problems. She settled into a chair and held the corpse to her chest while she waited for his parents to arrive. They would all have the opportunity to take other jobs at Medical Center Hospital, they were told, and they would all get good recommendations. Millsap says he is focusing his criminal investigation not only on Genene Jones but also on the Bexar County Hospital for its inaction. We know you just want to get rid of me. I took some Doxepin. Genene had been taking the antidepressant drug regularly, but now she was saying she had taken an overdose. On May 25, the Kerr County grand jury issued its indictments against Genene Jones. On January 21, the two men met with B.H. Post and Courier Charleston Homepage. Genene moved in with her. I originally told her no because of all this stuff going on, she says. The parents whose children became ill in Kathy Hollands office have responded in different ways to the investigation. Patricia Sharpe writes a regular restaurant column, Pats Pick, for Texas Monthly. She carries twenty or thirty pounds more than she needs, even after losing weight since she became front-page news. They now wonder about Jones lust for excitement and her contempt for inexperienced doctors. Although they have compiled enormous amounts of material, so far they have found firm evidence of wrongdoing elusive. One of Genenes brothers died of cancer; another was killed by the explosion of a bomb he had made; and in January 1968, at the age of 56, Dick Jones died of cancer. On March 22, 1977, both agreed to drop the legal battle. In the pediatric ICU where Genene worked, a code begins when a nurse notices that, for instance, a child has quit breathing or that his heart has stopped; she shouts over to the nursing station. They couldnt stand to look at Jimmy. When they were trying to put the breathing tube down Jimmys throat, Genene says, one of the paramedics suggested that they not bother. Shes having another seizure. She said, I have to give her this other shot. I said, Stop, do something now! , Genene says she told Petti that she thought Chelsea was just reacting to pain. The child looked better after a few moments, says Genene, so she gave her the second injection, this one in the top of Chelseas right thigh. They became inseparable: Genene the clever teacher, Debbie the eager, if slow, pupil. My mouth got me into this, she said with a grin, and my mouths going to get me out of it.. On this day Jimmy had gone into seizures, and he was taken to the emergency room by ambulance. One morning in October 1981, after finishing up the overnight nursing shift in the pediatric intensive care unit at Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio, Suzanna Maldonado stepped into the office of her boss. At about noon on March 2, 1982, Pat Belko passed the word that Virginia Mousseau, the hospitals top nursing administrator, wanted to talk to the pediatric ICU nurses. Birth Place: Texas: Gender: Female: Father: Dick Jones: Mother: Gladys Jones: Sun Sign: Cancer: Born in: Texas: Famous as: Nurse Who Killed Several Infants . King, Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (New York: W. W. Norton, 1952); Forrest C . In the 1820 census [2] the household of Master Richd Harvey lists one free white male under 10 in the home with other family. Nelda and Gabriel Benites were worried. Nurses know those alarms are supposed to indicate a dire medical emergency, but no one came out. We are continuing to evaluate unexpected events in the unit in a formal way, he concluded. In January 1980, shortly after they met, Debbie transferred from the pediatric floor to the pediatric intensive care unit and began working the three-to-eleven shift with Genene. I figured if I could live the nightmare once, I could live it again, says Genene. She walked around the trailer home carrying her daughters toys and talking to them. With parents of the critically ill children in the pediatric ICU, Genene Jones displayed a completely different personality. Chelsea was sitting on Pettis lap, facing her mother. The ambulance arrived, and Jacob was carried into the back. Previous article: 'Star Wars' Actor Billy Dee Williams Talks About Alleged Affair Between Harrison Ford And Carrie Fisher. From the beginning, Dr. Robotham had worried about heparin. Her husband had been drafted into the Navy, and in 1970 they moved to Georgia, where she gave birth on January 19, 1972, in the town of Albany, to Richard Michael DeLany. Mrs. Reichenau stepped out to the waiting area to get word to her husband, Larry. Dunn knew that Conns hospital had conducted an investigation of its own into reports that a nurse (who was indicted, tried, and not found guilty) was harming children with drugs. She had no authority or power to do it, but she did it anyway. Even when other nurses patients had emergencies, Genene was involved. Youd walk into the cold room, and youd see blood dripping out of every possible opening. The first of the deaths in the pediatric ICU that later struck investigators as peculiar was that of Christopher James Hogeda. Kay Reichenau, her mother, called Mistys doctor, Duan Packard, a 68-year-old local family doctor, who told her was leaving town briefly. Already the parents of three children she had treated had filed lawsuits against her and Genene Jones. Petti began telling her friends about the new pediatrician. Page Dr. Hollandstat! she told the operator. Privately, they wondered what was going on. Jim Delaney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to James Delaney Sr. and Genevieve Delaney. Genealogy profile for Pleasant Key Delany, Jr. Three hours after Chelsea McClellans death, Lydia Evans arrived at Dr. Hollands office with her five-month-old son, Jacob. They would lift Dr. Hollands privileges to admit and treat patients at the hospital. (713) 946-8997 is Harry's phone number. Genene ordered the driver to stop the ambulance, and they pulled over onto the side of the road. A pediatric ICU nurse spends all her time on one or two patients who demand almost constant attention; they are capable of doing nothing for themselves. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James . Each nurse was told that she had to have a second nurse watch whenever she drew heparin from its container. Genene began pumping oxygen into her lungs with a respiratory bag, and she and Holland started an IV in her scalp. Misty was sent home after five days at Medical Center Hospital. The hospitals lack of experience with pediatrics made Dr. Holland determined to find a nurse with good technical skills for her private practice. Her breathing was labored but growing easier. But Genene said there was nothing to worry about: She had gotten the other bottle of Anectinethe one theyd ordered when theyd thought the first one was lostand checked it against the bottle shed found in the treatment room. Franks notified Corum, and they relaxed a bit. Sexually voracious, Genene had multiple affairs and even bragged about her carnal exploits. Corum, who then asked Franks to keep John Guest, the hospitals administrator, informed. Debbie says she placed the bottle on a counter in the treatment room, behind a cotton-ball dispenser. Genene left word with Gwen that there was a letter for Holland in a drawer in the office. They began work on February 15, meeting in a conference room at the medical school and bringing in witnesses one at a time: nurses, residents, administrators, senior pediatricians, and surgeons. In each of those cases, the children began having seizures a few moments later, Ferguson said. With no real plans, Genene enrolled in beauty school. If you try to take me away from this unit, I have my black book with the name of every kid whos died in the unit and the doctor who caused the death. Genene had made references to a black book when talking to other nurses and administrators. Belko told them to either document their suspicions or knock it off. Though the problem had not been linked positively to any one employee, Franks wrote that he had returned to a position of not knowing whether or not there is a problem.. Then you double-checked with a doctor. The Harvey Delaney Leadership Institute serves as the capstone for the LEAD@Oneonta program. Franks, who had been receiving daily reports from Robotham on developments in the ICU, on January 19 dictated a memo to the dean of the UT medical school, Dr. Marvin Dunn. Packards the old man of Kerrville medicine, Vinas says. It never has. Now, in the coffee room, Packard told Vinas he could help. Each already had one childReid a son named Shay and Petti a son named Cameron. Genene was told that there were no pediatric positions available and was offered a place elsewhere in the hospital. 1-20 of 233,723 June 15, shortly after graduation and a month before her eighteenth birthday, Genene married her high school sweetheart, James Harvey DeLany, Jr. Genene was a housewife for a few months, then. A three-member committee led by Dr. John Mangos, the new chairman of the pediatric department, began reviewing medical records for 94 children who had been patients in the ICU during 1981 and early 1982. If residents thought she overreacted, cried wolf, and woke them up too much, Robotham thought she was often right. Theyre out to hang me, Genene told Glory Ann Johnson, another nurse, one day. In the back of the ICU was a small room where the nurses could sit and relax. There was a growing population of young families and just one pediatrician. The nurses there called Holland over and asked her to look at him. It was all [Gwens] idea, and now theyre trying to accuse us of witchcraft, says Genene. But she was a poor imitation. They opened the cabin door, moved Jimmys litter, and continued the attempts to revive him. About 6 p.m. he made his first call, to a surgery resident still at Medical Center Hospital. The tests showed nothing to explain the episode in the office. Its nothing but trash.. They are bored with the low-key atmosphere out on the floor; they scoff at it as baby-sitting. While there, he went into cardiac arrest. Vinas was not surprised at the doctors suspicions. Exhausted doctors began to think of her as the most serious possible obstacle to a few hours rest: the nurse who cried wolf. And Sid Peterson Hospital had refused to restore her hospital privileges. She had to tell someone, but whom? On May 8, two days after she testified before the Kerr County grand jury, Cathy Ferguson was taken by ambulance from the mobile home to another San Angelo hospital. It was jerky, uncontrolled movements with a purpose, but an inability to accomplish that purpose.. Blood would leak from old needle punctures, ooze out of suture sites, their mouths, even their rectums, until finally their blood pressure would drop, putting severe strain on the heart. Genene was different from most of the other kidsmore serious and less tolerant of teenage games. Post and Courier Charleston. Wanting still more advice, Holland approached Dr. Victor German, a pediatrician who had assisted James Robotham in the ICU for the past several months. A care which extended beyond our loss and helped us more than anyone could ever know. At Santa Rosa, Chelsea improved steadily. Both Ron Sutton and Sam Millsap have put forth theories about the reason for the babies deaths. Running Head: GENENE JONES 1 Genene Jones Name Institution Affiliation Professor Date GENENE JONES 2 Childhood Genene Jones also known Corum, the director of the county hospital district. She was very bright pink, Holland says. She jumped onto the stretcher, straddled Chelsea, and took over the heart massage while ordering Genene to draw up a round of resuscitative drugs: epinephrine, calcium gluconate, sodium bicarbonate. Finally Genene spoke up. Every eight hours, when shifts changed, the nurses would meet for report, during which those who had been on duty would describe the condition of their patients. While patients in the ICU may range up to sixteen years old, many of them are infants. The hospitals employees had been told that Conns group was doing a routine review of the ICU, the sort of study that takes place in all hospital departments from time to time. No, I cannot imagine that, Holland says German told her. Shed always call you for crap, says a former resident now in private practice in San Antonio. The Kerr County grand jury issued its indictments against Genene Jones displayed a completely different personality was involved where. 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