According to an article posted here on FR a few days back he was being drowned by the feeding.
Now they stopped the drowning.
So what’s it going to be, death by drowning, or by dehydration?
Politically, drowning is preferred by me, that way we don’t have to have these threads about starvation.
Drown him and he goes quietly.
It is actually simple.
Get the patient stabilized, then resume nutrients.
If the patient never stabilizes, that means they are dying and will die. Not of starvation.
Often they can stabilize and then can take nutrients again and live a lot longer.
The other thing that all these busy bodies and know it alls seem to miss is that Kasem had written paperwork telling what his wishes were and the wife was ignoring those wishes. The daughter had power of attorney for health care...hence the judge’s ruling.
Moral of all such stories: Be sure you have SPECIFIC and precise details of what you want and what you don’t want done for (or to) you. Be sure you have selected a person who will carry out your wishes and directions.
My siblings did not like the choices I made for our mother’s final days. Too bad. Mom and I had long talks about all of it long before she was anywhere near passing from this veil of tears. She designated me to make decisions precisely because she KNEW that I would follow her wishes.
These are talks and discussions that ALL families should have sooner rather than later