Thanks...you know, when dad realized I would not ever let anyone force him to do anything he did not want, he just smiled, and pulled me to him, and kissed me on the lips...and let out a big sigh of relief....shortly afterwards he went into a coma, where he lingered for a few days...
I will never, ever, forgive that doctor and that nurse for what they did...trying to substitute their judgement for my dad....Later I found out that the nurse was fired, tho not necessarily for what she did to my dad...apparently she had other incidents in the hospital, and my complaint along with other complaints against her, finally caused the hospital to fire her...
A few years later, I had moved my mom into live with me in another state...I received a letter from my aunt, with a newsclipping from the local paper, where my dad had died...that doctor that tried to force him to have a feeding tube inserted, was indicted on Medicare fraud....
I just felt my sweet daddy, was up in Heaven, laughing at this nurse and doc, getting their just rewards...
What a wonderful story. I'm sorry your dad was in a coma, that must have been hard. But you were fortunate to be there with him in the end... he was there at your beginning. You cared for him well, you should be proud of that.
Filing those complaints was the right thing to do. Often we feel that our actions don't change anything. But you never know... they did get their just rewards in the end.
Again, I commend you as a daughter. I know that one day my father will be my responsibility alone. No one else will care for him except me. That worries me in the late hours of the night. I hope I can do a good job for him.
He won't want ANY extraordinary measures, and he lives in Florida. I'll have to read up on the laws, I'm sure. But, my duty is to follow his wishes.
Thank you for sharing your story. God bless.