brother. They were married on May 10, 1980, in an outdoor ceremony. Ive been in practice forty-three years and never had one, he says. If the resident didnt jump, shed go higher up. Genene questioned medications, treatment, dosages, and diagnoses. Mrs. Benites soon saw Genene Jones rushing back and forth. However, negligence or wrongdoing cannot be excluded.. It wasnt doing much good. Genene came into the waiting room, looked Chris over, and pointed out that his feet seemed a bit blue. Debbie moved her trailer to Kerrville, but she said the utility company was slow hooking up the electricity. From the outset there had been innuendo that purposeful nursing misadventure was involved, Franks wrote. Dr. Holland had heard the ugly rumors about Genene, but hired her anyway. Her family was nearly gone. Genene was close to her father and loved to spend afternoons with him, helping to paint and put up the bill-boards he owned all over town. Genene was a sexually insatiable woman who boasted about her carnal experiences. There was always a resident and an intern on to cover the evenings, says Dr. Barbara Belcher, who completed her residency in 1981. While Misty sat in her mothers lap, Dr. Holland examined her neck, trying to bend the girls head down to her chest. Petti remembers the doctors ordering one shot, but Holland says she asked for two: a diphtheria-tetanus injection and a measles-mumps-rubella shot. This presence could be: 1) coincidental; 2) Because Nurse G. Jones volunteered the care of very sick infants and children; 3) Due to negligence or wrongful doings by Nurse G. Jones resulting in the sudden deterioration and death of patients.. It was all [Gwens] idea, and now theyre trying to accuse us of witchcraft, says Genene. Yet when Holland and Genene arrived to handle an emergency, there was invariably chaos. I could see her little legs, says Petti. Im not asking for you to disclose any absolute evidence. But first there was the matter of Halls appointment with Holland, which went off as scheduled at about noon. A few days after the funeral, the McClellans took out a two-column advertisement in a local paper. By early 1981, she had begun asking for assignment to the sickest children. He asked for a word with her, and she recalls that he said, Hey, I hear youre taking Genene to Kerrville. Inez Butler. There was no bathroom there, and Dr. Holland found it difficult to dress for work without a shower or hot water. On Tuesday, however, it . She felt the blue spells were getting worse. Says Holland: The call was not to set up an appointment to see Cameron. Nurses who choose ICU work do so because they like that kind of high-pressure challenge. Most of the correspondence falls within 1912 . Brandy Lee, their one-month-old daughter, had blood in her stools and diarrhea that persisted for two days. The paramedics looked at his chest; he had stopped breathing. Genene Jones, after leaving the Medical Center Hospital, had worked for Medox, a San Antonio nursing agency near the hospital, and spent a few months at the Santa Rosa Medical Center, a large nonprofit private hospital in downtown San Antonio; On August 3, Genenes nursing license expired. It was a misleading picture. He told friends he thought hed been screwed, resigned his position at the medical school, and in June 1983 returned to Johns Hopkins. Holland bought it, and Genene rented a U-Haul and moved in. Garron is nineteen, and he is Genenes new husband; they were married in San Angelo on April 24. While he was there, Genene called, but Holland wouldnt speak to her. She looked at me with a far-off look in her eyes. We talked to them even after death. It was real hard to think that somebody who seemed to care so much about patients and get along so well with families would be doing something of this nature, she says. She was less than five feet tall and weighed about 85 poundsand she talked nonstop. Genene, sobbing, wrapped the body in a blanket and held it. brother. Jimmy was turning blue. Charleigh had bought the land in May 1980 with the help of a Veterans Land Board loan, and theyd been dreaming of living there ever since. Kathy Holland planned to live outside the hamlet of Center Point, on a rugged sixteen-acre tract fifteen miles south of the clinic. By mid-September the large group living in the three-bedroom house on Nixon LaneGenene, her children Heather and Michael, Dr. Holland, and Debbiehad settled in. Robotham told her he had other suspicions. On May 7, the body of Chelsea McClellan was exhumed from its grave at the Garden of Memories cemetery in Kerrville. DeLany's correspondence, both business and personal. If she didnt understand something, she would pull out all my books and try to figure it out., But Genenes most distinctive nursing skill was her extraordinary talent for putting intravenous lines into veins. Time and again, it seemed, they developed when Genene Jones, licensed vocational nurse, was on duty. She started taking science courses at the local community college, and when Larry found work in Tucson, she enrolled at the University of Arizona as a biology major. Four days later Rolando Santos was well enough to go home. Now Tony Hall, Sid Petersons administrator, convened a small group in his office to discuss the problem of Dr. Holland and her nurse. Holland and Genene looked at one another knowingly. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved James Adam Harvey Jr. of Bel Air, Maryland, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who passed away at the age of 80, on January 30, 2023. As the doctors prepared to leave, Holland noticed three paper bags in a corner of the office, stuffed with baby clothes and toys. 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. It revealed no evidence of wrongdoing. She would not withdraw her job offer. Sutton held meetings with the Kerr County grand jury for more than three months before his counterparts in San Antonio learned that similar events associated with Genene Jones had taken place at Medical Center Hospital. He was semiconscious and blue from lack of oxygen, and he was frothing with phlegm. Something had to be done, Trinkle told Corum; he would send his pediatric patients elsewhere if things didnt change. She had planned to take a handful of the pills, Genene said later, but she had decided at the last minute to face her problems head-on, just as she had in San Antonio. We should say we never found it.. Dr. Holland and the nurse, they believed, had saved Chelseas life. The rash of emergencies at the new pediatricians office had not gone unnoticed within Kerrvilles small medical community. Holland called Tony Hall and asked him to come too. She was breathing through a tube attached to a respiratory bag. She settled into a chair and held the corpse to her chest while she waited for his parents to arrive. On May 25, the Kerr County grand jury issued its indictments against Genene Jones. She was struggling to raise her right arm, but she couldnt quite do it. Robotham is a brilliant, volatile, compulsive, and demanding man, and he quickly made his mark on the pediatric ICU. The meeting was to begin at three oclock. I originally told her no because of all this stuff going on, she says. He had pneumonia and breathing problems, so after admitting him to the pediatric ICU, doctors placed him on a respirator. A helicopter ambulance took her to the Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio, and she was put on a respirator in the neonatal ICU. James H. Harvey III (born July 13, 1923) is a retired United States Army Air Corps / U.S. Air Force (USAF) officer and former African-American fighter pilot with the 332nd Fighter Group 's 99th Fighter Squadron, best known as the Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or among enemy German pilots, Schwartze Vogelmenschen ("Black birdmen"). There was no IV she could not start, no vein too small, no patient too restless. Belko sent Maldonado from her office and walked down the long fifth-floor corridorpast the little boys and girls playing in the hall, past the open rooms of children who had busted a leg or lost an appendix, past the kids who would soon leave the pediatric ward, happy and healed. She demanded the sickest patients. They got an earful. They were dying during a single nursing shift, the three-to-eleven evening shift. 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. At the hospital, after Jacobs condition had stabilized, Genene came out to speak to Lydia Evans. Gwen told Holland shed been married to a Briton, found his manner of speech appealing, and decided to affect it herself. He looked fine. Post and Courier Charleston Homepage. 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.. He looked at the vial and its orange rubber top. Debbie Rasch walked over to comfort her, and Genene looked up, her eyes red and puffy. As Genene finished her first year in the ICU, however, her personality began to earn her as many enemies as admirers. Dr. Ken Copeland, a boyish-looking pediatric endocrinologist with a mop of curly hair, was the attending physician in the pediatric ICU. Researchers may find useful Henry Stimson, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York: Harper, 1948); William D. Leahy, I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Based on His Notes and Diaries Made at the Time (New York: Whittlesley House, 1950); Ernest J. Kathy and Larrys divorce went through on July 27, 1979. Judy Harris, a nursing administrator, had begun her own review of the records, but there still was no solid evidence of anythingnot until Rolando Santos. Shareholder. In each of those cases, the children began having seizures a few moments later, Ferguson said. Chris had in the meantime been transferred up to the ICU, and Maywhort went up to check on his condition. Finally Genene spoke up. The byword of Robothams style was aggressive; in Genene Jones he saw a nurse who personified that approach. When she hears that others have contradicted her account of the past few years, she goes on the attack: they are liars, full of shit, politically motivated, a real turd; she is right, they are wrong. December 22, 1981: Doraelia Rios, 25 months old, died at 8:12 p.m. She had been hospitalized several times previously for gastrointestinal surgery, and she entered the hospital again on December 21, suffering from diarrhea, dehydration, and possible inflammation of an internal membrane. She had failed the polygraph test, and she expected Holland to fail it too. Genene had barely cared for the child, but she just went berserk, Pendergraft says; she broke into deep, wracking sobs, moved a stool into the dead babys cubicle, and sat staring at the body. The two of them just didnt seem to fit together. She knew that the nurses who were talking the most didnt like Genene. He was extremely aggressive. They are filled with rageat the San Antonio hospital that didnt tell anyone about Genene Jones, at themselves for returning to Hollands office after Chelseas first arrest, at the medical profession, and, most of all, at the doctor and nurse in whom they placed their trust. It is of interest, however, that Nurse G. Jones was present during the final events occurring during the p.m. (3-11 p.m.) shift of nursing in all these cases. There are three possible explanations for Genene Jones presence during events leading to the death of children and infants in the PICU, the report says. She was born in Chicago, and though she had never been to England, she spoke with a strong Cockney accent. Holland consulted by phone with the two doctors who had been treating Jimmy in San Antonio and then told his mother, Mary Ellen Pearson, that they needed to transport him to Santa Rosa. The helicopter flew at top speed, and the paramedics diverted it to Methodist Hospital in northwest San Antonio. Holland called Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio and arranged for a transfer by Army helicopter ambulance, a Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic unity from the 507th Medical Company. Often, after a doctor pronounces the child dead, the parents want to hold him one last time, in which case the nurse first has to clean the bodywash off the blood and pluck out the catheters and tubes that remain in it. to consider a career, she trained to be a beautician at Mim's Beauty School and even had a child, Richard Michael DeLany, after Jimmy returned, however four . Some say it was to fill a void left by the death of her father and brother. Mrs. Reichenau arrived at Dr. Hollands office about 2 p.m. and was ushered into the treatment room. Cmon! The EMT thought the nurse strange. She was a beautiful kid, says Genene. Oh, shit, its frightening. But Genene Jones and James DeLany werent through with one another. Those kids are helpless. Im sick and tired of being crucified alive and having people think Im a baby killer, she said. It began to happen more frequently until it happened every day or two, says Toni Grosshaupt. Several times his heart began beating irregularly. Ten of the thirteen died. Just a few, Genene told Holland; she had thrown the rest away. By October she was ready to go to Pat Belkoready for the confrontation that convinced Belko that she should take the suspicions about Genene to Dr. Robotham and persuade him to launch investigation. James Harvey Delaney Jr 1949 Born c. 1949 Last Known Residence Bexar County, Texas Summary James Harvey Delaney Jr of Bexar County, Texas was born c. 1949. But the McClellans say they never described any breathing problems to Holland, Genene Jones, or Gwen Gartnerthen or later. Whoever had drawn out the Anectine had replaced its volume with saline solution. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 10 daughters. The summons came five minutes later: Dr. We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. Cathy Ferguson, the young woman who lived with Genene in the Nixon Lane house (and later moved with her to the mobile home in San Angelo), told investigators she had been present on about five occasions in the treatment room of Hollands pediatric clinic when Genene had taken a bottle of clear liquid from a drawer in the treatment room table, drawn some of its contents into a syringe, and injected children with the liquid. Finally when Genene graduated, she married a high school dropout, James "Jimmy" Harvey DeLany Jr. (Davis claims that she trapped this man into marrying her by pretending she was pregnant.) Howd the needle holes get there? she asked. She reached into an overnight bag to get some toothpaste; there were two vials and a letter inside. Shes going to cry, and shes going to scream. Mrs. Reichenau said she didnt need to leave. Even now, he was hovering outside, watching Dr. Holland and a handful of friends pack up her things. Packard explained. I figured if I could live the nightmare once, I could live it again, says Genene. He ordered tests for the presence of heparin. She had no authority or power to do it, but she did it anyway. Even when other nurses patients had emergencies, Genene was involved. They had radioed ahead, and the hospital staff was waiting. I always cry when babies die,said Genene Jones. She was just an LVN. (Petti McClellan later said she had seen Genene at the cemetery, kneeling in front of Chelseas grave; she was rocking back and forth sobbing and calling out the dead childs name: Chelsea, Chelsea) Then Genene said, I did a stupid thing over lunch. Yes. Holland explained to Mr. and Mrs. Benites that she got carsick in an ambulance. She had long talks with them. While Genene Jones worked in the ICU, the doctors made rounds in the morning and drifted in and out during the day; none worked there full time. Was it Genene Jones? He looked closely at the child; his condition seemed the same as when theyd taken off. Genene was there, caring for their kid. The paramedics looked at the boy. They shouted at her, but Genene waved back. The nurses wondered. They said, No, thats not a problem. Green offered his advice. The pediatric ICU is for kids who have been out in the world. Then, she says, in the summer of 1981, she brought up the subject with Genene Jones. When a baby dies, theyve been cheated. Newborn children who are gravely ill go to the neonatal ICU, a floor below, where they receive more specialized care and are isolated from the infection that children who have been outside the hospital may bring in. Fully conscious of his own abilities, Robotham wanted the nurses and residents to learn what he knew. Born in 5 Jul 1910 and died in 26 Jun 1985 Seguin, Texas James Harvey Delany Sr. Menu. She pretty much made her own assignment, says Cherlyn Pendergraft. Two months later it wasnt necessary; the couple had reconciled, and the judge dismissed the suit. They looked closely at the invoice: it was unsigned. I want him out now! he told the nurses, and they wheeled him out of the ICU, onto the main pediatric ward. When children began having more and more unexpected problems during the summer of 1981, Maldonado was among the first to noticeand to make the connection to Genene Jones. He had little formal authority to hire, fire, or set policy, but through his presence and knowledge he shifted more and more of the burden for the patients medical treatment onto his own shoulders. If we had just gone out and fired her, we would have had a substantial suit.. That Sunday night, Holland, Genene, and Gwen met at the Nixon Lane house, sent Genenes children off with Cathy Ferguson, lit candles on a counter, turned out the lights, and gathered around a Ouija board. As the summer of 1981 wore on, the problems became more frequent, and the nurses began to connect them to Genene. They knew it was impossible to hear a heartbeat over the din of the helicopter. 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. We need to find some things out, Packard told him. We talked in San Angelo, in a two-bedroom mobile home where she was living with three adults, three children, two cats, and a cocker spaniel named Sprout. James R Delaney, age 90. Then Dr. Holland came out and told them their daughter had stopped breathing. Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors. Therefore, in the pediatric ICU, even more than in most hospital wards, the nurses were an extremely strong presence. Babies pricked with intravenous needles began oozing blood, their clotting mechanisms inexplicably gone haywire. Campus History. She developed a spoiled childs temper, but she was attentive and curious. She has an answer for every question, a response for every charge. The patient wasnt blue; her color seemed to be returning. A few minutes passed. She had been nave to trust Genene, Holland told her friendsnave and stupid. Then, in May 1982, she moved to Kerrville and began working in the intensive care unit at Sid Peterson Hospital. The patients had stopped coming when the publicity hit, but the bills hadnt, and there just wasnt enough money to pay the landlord. Debbie said she had put it behind the cotton-ball dispenser in the treatment room. 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