Which are you?
Ignorant, I'd guess.
My father took 10 days to die. That isn't unusual.
I had him at home.
I bathed him and changed his diapers and kept his mouth and lips moist and read to him though he wasn't really there anymore.
It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do, but it was what he had asked of me.
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Did you disconnect your father from machines that were keeping him alive and take him home?
If not, we are talking about different situations.
Did your father have drugs for pain?
Why not, or enough to hasten his departure?
You could moisten your father's lips. Terri likely will not even be allowed that much. I went without water or moistened lips for 2 days at a time when I drank 2 gallons of fluid a day. I was just very uncomfortable and getting IV fluids but I knew that one more day would mean liquids by mouth again. Terri will be awake and not have anything to eat or drink for 2 weeks before she dies.
If those last ten days were so hard for you and your father, why not have some compassion for Terri WHO IS NOT DYING and her parents who do not want her too.
I think that you are suffering from more guilt over your decision than you'd like to let on and this is just your way of justifying your decision.
If so, may God forgive you.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe your "story". You couldn't have posted the callous things you did on this thread if you had really gone through what you just described.
I still believe it's a typical troll tactic. You disrupt the thread, insult, etc. You posted some pretty nasty comments about Terri which I don't think anyone of us who care will forget. You said she should die.
Then as the thread is winding down, you come with your "real life story" to get sympathy?
A woman's life is on the line while you are playing your little games.
Can't imagine how you sleep at night after your antics.