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To: Xenalyte

No, I didn't pull the plug on my Father. He was in hospice and they did what hospice care does at end of life situations. They made him comfortable and sped up the dying process by giving him drugs that would DEHYDRATE him.


113 posted on 05/14/2005 9:01:40 PM PDT by Hildy ( The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue)
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To: Hildy

And you okayed it?


115 posted on 05/14/2005 9:04:04 PM PDT by Xenalyte (End women's suffrage! Hasn't the country suffered enough?)
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To: Hildy
They made him comfortable and sped up the dying process by giving him drugs that would DEHYDRATE him.

Is that what lots of morphine does?

118 posted on 05/14/2005 9:10:04 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: Hildy

I should clarify. You emphasized DEHYDRATE. So my question about the lots of morphine pertains to dehydration.


120 posted on 05/14/2005 9:12:32 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: Hildy

So that's it. You post out of guilt.


152 posted on 05/15/2005 1:26:03 AM PDT by k2blader ('Lost' ping list - Please FReepmail me if you want on/off. :-)
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To: Hildy

please look at this website on hospice philosophy.
http://www.hospicelongview.org/the_hospice_philosophy.htm
In case you miss it notice that the hospice philosophy states that a ''a hospice will neither hasten nor prevent death''


210 posted on 05/15/2005 10:54:24 AM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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