Grace Schara was a sweet, loving and smart young woman. She also happened to have an extra chromosome. Yes, she had Down syndrome, something that is near and dear to my heart.
She was just 19 years old when she, along with her mom, Cindy, became ill with Covid 19 on October 1, 2021. Grace and her parents did all the right things following the “recommendations”, but when Grace’s oxygen levels dropped lower than 90, her father took her to the emergency room, whom they trusted to help heal their their daughter.
She was admitted to the hospital on October 7th, and her father Scott was assured that he could stay there with her there. Mom was unable to, as she was still sick and testing positive for Covid. Grace acted pretty “normal” that first day, although she did not like the high flow oxygen from the cannula. The next day, however, the doctor came in and Scott was told Grace would have to be put on a ventilator. He was understandably surprised and demanded more information. He was told that the decision was based on her numbers from the day before when Grace had been having frustrations with the oxygen cannula. They took another O2 test at his request, and her numbers were fine, as her father had expected.
The next day (9th) was another “normal” day and after ordering some food from the hospital menu, Grace was told she wouldn’t be able to eat it because her oxygen levels had gone down to 85%. Her father retested her with his own pulse oximeter, and her levels were actually at 95%. Amazingly, the nurse agreed with him and blamed the faulty reading on something else.
The next day is when things really took a turn for the worse. The head nurse came in with an armed security guard and told Scott that he had to leave the hospital. Apparently he had been shutting off some of Grace’s alarms at night because the alarms were ringing all the time and she was having trouble sleeping. Even though he informed them that some other nurses had shown him how to do it for that very reason, they didn’t care and escorted him out of the hospital. He was not allowed to return.
On October 11, Grace’s family finally got approval from the hospital for the Schara’s other daughter, Jessica, to be in the room with Grace. The next day (Oct. 12th), Grace was still in good spirits and had a great day with her sister watching movies and face-timing with family. Then on the next day, Oct 13th, the hospital doctors called Grace’s parents and told them what a great day she had had the day before.
However, October 13th was about to become quite possibly the worst day of their life.
In the four days that had led up to October 13th, Grace had been being given a drug called Precedex (Pfizer). Precedex is a powerful sedative, and according to its insert, should only be used for 24 hours or less. On the morning of her death, the doctor in charge (Dr. Gavin Shokar), ordered the nurse to begin increasing the dosage of this drug. Grace was put in restraints about 9 am because she needed to use the bathroom. By 10:48 am, the dose given to Grace was 14 times the amount she initially had received.
Originally, the doctors had told the Schara’s that Grace needed a feeding tube but because of her unfavorable reaction to it, they increased the dose. At 11:25 am, the hospital gave Grace another drug. This time is was Pfizer’s Lorazepam.
Grace received this drug at 5:46 pm and again at 5:49 pm, just 3 minutes apart. Then at 6:15 pm, they gave her Morphine ( another Pfizer drug) through her IV.
Forty-five minutes later at 6:45, the doctor called Scott and informed him that Grace had had a good day and that he had just given her Morphine. Scott was understandably surprised and questioned why she was being given Morphine, since she had been doing so well. At that point, the family was not aware of all the drugs Grace had been being given. The doctor told Scott that it was because Grace’s breathing was at 51 breaths per minute.
So many more details, but the rest of this story continues to be even more shocking and heartbreaking. Grace’s sister Jessica, who was still the only one allowed in the hospital with Grace, started to panic about 7:20 pm. She facetimed her parents when she realized Grace’s numbers were beginning to tank.
Grace’s parents told Jessica to get the nurses into the room, but she had already tried and they refused. Scott and Cindy began yelling at the nurses through the phone to save their daughter! They were pleading with them to help her! But the nurses only yelled back that Grace was DNR (Do Not Resuscitate). A nurse read the DNR note to them at 7:22 pm stating that there was nothing she could do to override it. Cindy, who was the Power of Attorney for Grace, told them to override it, but they refused. Sadly, Grace passed away that evening and her parents had to watch her die over facetime because there was an armed guard there blocking the door.
Scott and his wife had never requested the DNR order, nor did they sign anything to that effect. Much later, it was discovered that the doctor who ordered the Precedex had actually entered the illegal DNR into her records at 10:56 am that morning . This was not long after the 10:48 am time frame where the maximum dose of Precedex had been given. Her parents also found out later that a hospital must override a DNR if the power of attorney or the patient requests it.
It appears that there were more than a few illegal things done by the hospital (and the doctors and possibly nurses) in this case. It certainly could lead one to believe that Grace’s death may have been intentional. What she was receiving was more like palliative care and not recovery. The fact is that she was given a lethal cocktail of drugs that ended her life!
Scott Schara recently announced a historic lawsuit against the hospital. He claims the hospital's actions led to Grace’s death and he is hoping his wrongful death lawsuit will raise awareness as more and more medical "experts" in Canada and across the US — appear to have forgotten the sanctity of life. He and his wife hope to prevent more unnecessary deaths and to warn others about patient advocacy and these deadly protocols.
It’s no secret that hospitals all over the United States received bonus money for every covid positive test, every person put on a ventilator, and every single death from these protocols (including the Fauci remdesivir protocol). It is quite disturbing to think that people who vow to “do no harm” in their hippocratic oath, would allow something like this to happen.
It’s even more disturbing to think that in 2023, here in the United States of America, that our trusted medical professionals would be willing to end the life of a person with intellectual disabilities like Grace. As a mother to 5 children with Down syndrome and in a society where inclusivity is supposedly regarded as best practice, it is unfathomable.
Fact: Did you know that people with intellectual disabilities were some of the very first people to be targeted in Hitler’s Nazi Germany?
If you feel so inclined, please click on the family’s website to support them and their fight for justice for Grace.