Posted on 05/16/2025 2:44:12 PM PDT by DFG
“”after my ventilator hose had become disconnected and severe hypoxia kicked in.””
I don’t understand why he was OUT and about with a ventilator. I understand being out with oxygen but a ventilator? I thought that was strictly a piece of hospital equipment.
“”My FIL did in home hospice. That was a nightmare.””
Couldn’t agree more. I knew nothing about hospice but learned and what I learned wasn’t pleasant. My husband’s doctor had to approve of him going on hospice and advised against it. I couldn’t take care of him and get him to doctor appointments. I can’t count the number of people who said AFTERWARD that they had the same problem with their parents etc. I wondered WHY they didn’t tell anyone and maybe some could avoided it. I have told everyone what I think of hospice...
IMO I don’t believe Medicare looks at hospice very well as they pay the bills and those companies can bill anything they want...I saw some of what they were billed for later and nothing related to my husband’s care at all...
The most eye-opening experience I’ve had, outside of the Holy Spirit revealing the Word to me, was reading the transcripts of the Nuremberg war crimes trials; they consists of 15-22 volumes; the first volume is called :The doctor trials”, it was so graphic it was hard to read.
The poster that you posted was cited in Leo Alexander’s paper “Medical science under dictatorship” which was published in the July 14 1949 issue of the NEJM.
A reasonable compromise with the left is that they get outrageously high taxes, a total gun ban, and assisted suicide. For them only.
I don't know by what you mean by that statement. There is no avoiding hospice. Hospice care is specialized care for people with a terminal illness who have stopped curative treatments, focusing on improving their quality of life and comfort. IF you have a terminal illness and have stopped useless and/or painful treatments then the ONLY thing left is to make the patient as comfortable as possible.
Defend LIFE—from conception to natural death.
“Doctors from Hell” written by Vivien Spitz is a hellavu read.
“but a ventilator?”
I thought that for years. However, I met a lady who was quadriplegic. She had to move around in an electric, motorized wheelchair. There was a device which had a strap wrapped around her stomach. The machine was in back of the wheelchair. It would contract to squeeze her diaphragm then relax so that the result was air being pumped into her lungs without her doing a thing. I was actually fascinated by it. She could speak only when the strap paused between contracting and relaxing. She was a very nice lady who could speak about news of the time and was very educated.
We treat animals better. We would never allow a dog to suffer like we do people. It’s very weird.
Thank you for that information. Kind of sounds like it operated like an Iron Lung that was used in the early ‘50’s for polio victims. Maybe earlier than that. We had a young man from our school and church who was in one in Ithaca, NY. We went to see him so got a glimpse of what he was going through. He was able to return home and finish high school but always used crutches afterward.
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