This is beyond disgusting and inhumane. And his own wife is in on this. I’d hate to be in their shoes come the Great White Throne though. At least his parents have enough love left for him.
Matthew 24:12 KJV
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Not to sound callous but if that were me lying in that bed unable to speak, move, eat on my own, take care of other bodily functions on my own; I’d want to check out.
I don’t have a problem with him being allowed to die; he probably cried in relief. I have a problem with them starving him to death slowly.
The humane thing to do is at least what we do for death row prisoners. Make it quick and as pain free as possible. Heck; we do it for wounded animals and pets who’ve lost quality of life. It should be something we can do for loved ones. Who knows a person better than those closest to them. I personally don’t know anyone who would want to live in that condition.
I ask you; would you want to live like that with no quality of life?
The old are the next target.....They are useless...they are costing the healthcare industry billlions...just let them die!!!!
In other words, he does not require "extraordinary" measures to sustain his life; therefore, it is against Catholic teaching/immoral to remove life support.
It is a high moral question folks can answer for themselves.
Should all of a family’s income, savings and assets be used for medically administered feeding a and hydration for possibly years.
This is a kind of question anyone can answer in DNR instructions to their loved ones before they ever possibly obtain such a state.
Reading what a cousin of mine had said about the subject in her own DNR instructions, her family dutifully had the hospital NOT install a feeding tube, when dementia had progressed to slowly shutting down her life. She was at what is considered a “end of life” stage of dementia, which has more to do with the dementia reaching body functions needed to sustain life - like eating and drinking - than how long after that life might continue, in some sense.
And, my cousin had made it clear in her DNR that financial considerations were part of the factors that could be considered with any “life saving” measure doctors could propose.
My moral problem in this area is when the decision is just a government decision imposed on everyone.
This article has given me the impetus to prepare my living will.
the last time it became like this there was a flood.
Bad news for those at the end of the age, it won't be water next time.