It's fine. She is not in pain, and comfortable.
I am loathe to think had this happened about 5 years from now, with the national takeover of healthcare.
Some might see her as a useless eater - but she is someone special to me.
***Some might see her as a useless eater - but she is someone special to me.***
Exactly.
My mother has her own money for now. It is hers and we are spending it on her, letting her have the very best at the end of her life.
I fear for the elderly under Obamacare. Congress says no “death panels”. But the reality is, the $$$ will be so low that no facility will accept them, and families can’t physically care for them. The system will force them to be put down like animals.
As fragile humans, we can never know for sure.
My grandfather was in the final stages of a series of mini-strokes that were killing him. He was a proud, strong WWII veteran who was ending his life the one way he didn’t want to — mostly catatonic in a nursing home. He spent his days slumped over in a chair, unable to communicate, watch TV, etc.
The one thing he’d always loved were vanilla shakes. His body was shutting down so I brought him one, knowing he could still use a straw. He was about halfway through when, eyes still closed, he called me by name and said “I don’t want to live like this.”
I knew He was there at that moment. The great I AM gave me the words, “I know, Grandpa, but there’s something left that God wants you to do for him.”
The pain of that moment still haunts me, but I’m glad I was there. And those words were given to me.