Posted on 03/23/2005 5:09:24 PM PST by Hildy
I just fed my 88 year old mother who has had Alzheimer's for 10 years. I then gave her water. If somebody doesn't feed her, she would starve. That will never happen in my liftime.
I don't know if she recognizes me or not. It doesn't matter because I know who she is.
You obviously haven't been reading many threads here, have ya? LOL!
Cannot say that I would want my wife to starve me to death, but I have told my wife and others in my family to not keep me alive by artificial means.
If I cannot live without being hooked to a machine then I don't want to live at all.
However, I am going on record that I don't want to be starved to death. If THAT means staying hooked to a machine, then I'll stay hooked to the machine.
Thank you for your response.
Jokingly, I said same to my hubby one day and it scared him!! LOL!
He took me seriously. Too funny!
let us turn this around a bit
what if Terry had a living will etc, expressing her wish not to live like this, no argument whatsoever,
I personally don't think her parents would be any less upset or any more accepting of the reality, some people just can't let go - add the clashing of personalities between the husband and parents, then you wonder it is just a matter of who wins, and this poor girl is a pawn in a family squabble......
and hey, we've all seen it where families will try to ignore the express wishes of a deceased person......
not only would I myself not want to be a burden to my family, but I would want them to grieve my loss, remember me as a vital person, not some vegetable attached to tubes, wasting away, and more importantly I would want them to get on with their lives........whether they were necessarily ready to let go or not, who is, even when you know someone is going to die, it is hard to accept when you love someone, or maybe I just know my own family better than some....
here is one thing I haven't seen reported, when Terry was admitted to the hospital originally, and this may be clouded by this malpractice thing
were extraordinary measures taken to keep her alive then or not or did the doctors goof and cause her current state or what
LOL!
My question isn't about worth, it's about wishes.
Well when you have direct experience, let me know.
"end point" to be decided
frightening. you don't see the slippery slope in that statement?
maybe the church doesn't think that is okay to kill people, maybe the church knows that food does not equal health care, maybe the church knows that people still die "naturally"...unless you know of someone who is going to live forever.
Terri didn't "chose" her state either, she just is.
Ah jeez, I didn't think we were
talking about drowning.
I'm not a Dr. so I relied on what the Dr.s said about the video and their opinion after examining her. I don't pretend to have a medical degree.
(He's given me permission to address him in that manner.)
So what percentage wanted to be starved as described in the following affidavit?:
http://www.wilkes-mchugh.com/schiavo/Affidavit%20of%20Kate%20Adamson.pdf
No.
I have a friend named Curtis. Met him in the Army >25 yrs ago. He's 6'7" about 240 lbs...and has no teeth. He's ugly too.
I hope he reads my post.
8^)
5.56mm
Let me explain that further. He was at home tended to by a hospice worker.
I think you're in the majority.
You go fast for five days and tell me it is not torture. I would not treat a dog this way. You would treat a human this way.
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