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I cannot imagine the horror of my husband being kidnapped and tortured to death, under the color of law.
This blows!
Unfortunately the hospital goes by what the patient has written down as far as treatment he wants received. Same thing happened to my friend’s father in law..he could no longer speak due to a massive stroke, his family showed the paperwork showing that he did not want to be kept alive by any artificial means or receive any food/drink..so that is what they did, abided by his wishes til he died
Now it begins, all over again. I learned my lesson on last night’s thread, and am not going to get into it again.
For those of you who did not see last night’s thread, the end stages of Parkinson’s, when the desire to eat or drink has been destroyed, tube feeding is no help, and will be harmful.
It is a very different medical situation than that of endured by Terry Schiavo.
I know form very personal experience.
Daughter sounds horrible.
There is no basis for a priori withholding of nutrition except to purposely starve someone to death.
If nutrient supplementation causes a problem, it will be stopped by the doctor.
It doesn’t need to be a priori ordered withheld under any circumstance, which is what this is.
His wife of more than 30 years should have the right to determine this.
The courts are failing and the daughter seems a piece of work.
And, there will be the pro-euthanasia contingent coming around to make condescending insulting and misleading comments.
IMHO if he can’t sustain life on his own than they should pull the plug. It looks like they gave him a good chance with artificial support but it appears that did not work out. My wife and I have been through this experience with our own close relatives. This is happening with some neighbors right now. A tough decision to make.
Thanks for posting, Morgana. Agents of death determining your end.
I cannot imagine the horror of my husband being kidnapped and tortured to death, under the color of law.
Is prolonging his life by extraordinary means going to lead to his full recovery or the inevitable, “failure to thrive” on his death certificate going to be pushed down the road by machine-driven feeding, breathing, heart-beating?