Just got a look at your new, updated living will...there is no mistaking what you do and dont want, and I sure hope your family abides by your wishes....
When I had to deal with the end of life issues with my mom, my dad, and my son, I had to deal with outsiders who thought they knew what was best for me and my family...they were just shocked when I politely listened to them, and then just as politely dismissed them...outsiders, who knew nothing of my parents, thought they should tell me what to do...I knew my parents wishes, they had told me enough times, what they did and did not want...I was their only child still alive, and they wanted to be very sure, that I was clear about what they wanted, and they wanted to rest assured, that I would be strong enough to carry out their wishes...
For my son, I advocated for him, until the end...even so, there were busybodies all around, trying to get me to change my decision....
When my time comes, ,I want my husband and my son to be my spokespersons...they know what I want, what I do not want, and they love me enough to give me what I want...I dont want a politician, or a supposedly 'moral' or 'religious' leader deciding for me, how I should live out my last days...
Being that I do not know exactly what Terri did or did not know, what she did or did not feel, I wish her parents could have cared for her as they wished...the way I look at it, she was not the Terri of the past, she was a different Terri, perhaps with the mind of an infant...and I feel that she should have been given the chance to live out her life, in whatever state she was in...
But I do understand that there are those who feel differently, and those who do believe, that she had really ceased to exist, so to speak, for many years....
Well said.