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.
Its a tremendous burden, but also a tremendous privilege to care for ones parents, in their senior years....its hard work, often heartbreaking, and often extremely time consuming...but the way I look at it, my parents took all the time in the world to care for me and my brother when we were growing up...so it was never an imposition to care for them when they needed it.....
My dad was easier to care for than was my mom...dad had cancer for just a few months, before he died...mom, on the other hand, had Alzheimers for years...dad cared for her in the early stages...but then he got sick, which I know he never expected...so when he died, I inherited her...I took care of her for years at home with me and my family...she was a pistol, never a dull moment, what with the Alzheimers....
It was hard, ,but I would never have had it any other way...it was an experience that I will treasure forever...