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To: wagglebee

They are already doing that here with our own “Hospice Care”. They tried that with my Father in his last days. They insisted it would be cruel and painful to give him any water. That he would be more “comfortable”. They kept on giving him massive doses of morphine and giving him sponges to suck on while he dehydrated to death. He had the uncontrollable Alzheimer’s which causes the body temperature to run wild. He lasted about a week.

I was able to get there in his last 2 days and was furious about what they were doing, but they had my Mother convinced and the 2 Hospice Nurses were there controlling the whole process. There was no time for me to get a court order and the Doctor told me to stay out of it.

So, believe it or not, it’s here also. (This happened in ‘95)


20 posted on 07/04/2008 3:07:19 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP (Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
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I cry that this happened to him. I'm going through this now with my grandmother, and I've informed everyone (my father already has passed away, so I get full say in her care) that I will NEVER deny her water. If she wants to quit drinking on her own.... so be it. But no one will dehydrate her to death.

That is inhumane, and cruel and unusual punishment!

21 posted on 07/04/2008 3:14:23 AM PDT by Maigrey (Life, for a liberal, is one never-ending game of Calvinball. - giotto)
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