My sweetheart came out of surgery in a state of delirium. He couldn’t eat due to injury in the face & throat area. It was during covid & they couldn’t find a skilled nursing facility who would take him. One doctor said I should consider removing his food & letting him die that way. This was in Utah. I was pretty shocked by that. The local hospice group agreed to treat him as a home health patient & I brought him home. But he did pass within a week. The coroner couldn’t figure out what to put on the death certificate. Finally put ‘failure to thrive.’ Dealing with these issues is definitely not fun. But our medical community seems to think it’s best to shuffle everyone off this mortal coil. I wonder why they decided to become doctors.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Sadly, your story is not uncommon. I have heard from few people with stories similar to yours. They are gut-wrenching. And then infuriating.
I saw an article on the Pew website that said nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.
The Kevorkian tendencies have become amplified. They walk in the open.
I wish I had answers.