chassis, probably why she and Dad got along so well, he being an electronics engineer for the Dept of the Army:
Posted on 08/11/2016 1:56:20 PM PDT by rey
In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: "These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness."
And just one rule: No crying in front of her.
The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, held the gathering to say farewell before becoming one of the first Californians to take a take a lethal dose of drugs under the state's new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.
(Excerpt) Read more at pressdemocrat.com ...
What a wonderful way to go.........I would do the same.
PATHETIC
I think that’s about right.
My cousin had a similar story as yours. Her husband was in the last stages of his cancer and asked for hospice. What wonderful people, they helped him though the end stages. They helped him find peace and resolved issues left on the burner far to long.
He died well.
>>one can’t blame her too much.
I agree. That’s why I said what I said. People are forced to live far longer than they should in some cases. No one can say when it is time, but when the doctors keep a person going beyond their ability to enjoy life and take care of their own personal needs, I think that this option should be available.
Amen. Not to sound flippant here, but it is true what Kenny Rogers said in ‘The Gambler’ ...
“The best thing you can hope for, is to die in your sleep”.
Unlike the screaming passengers in your car.
I don't, I think God welcomed her into heaven.........
Do you think God regretted allowing a monster to sodomize and kill an infant or did He give His passive approval?
Why do you think she was a Christian?
Betsy will still be voting Democrat in November.
Having seen people I love die of ALS, I am not going to make any judgments.
“I suspect she regretted her decision...”
I do too. The situation was, and is, beyond sad.
I got tears from that. Very similar with my mom. She was in her eighties, knew she was past recovery and getting weaker, and did NOT want to waste away in a nursing home. She decided she’d had a great life and was ready to go see her husband and family again (all departed). She got into hospice, we helped get her affairs in order, then she let herself shut down and passed away two weeks later.
It’s a horrible disease. A co-worker of mine died six months after being diagnosed with ALS.
My Mom broke her hip about a year ago. Very traumatic. Not the event but the surgery and after effects. She was 86 at the time. We thought we’d have to put her in a care facility, but my brother lives with her and was able to care for her at home. THEN a couple months later, she got sloppy and broke her wrist in a fall.
After long physical therapy and whatnot, she’s able to hobble around a bit with a cane. But she’s fading and getting ditzy. She has no friends or interests, really. It’s a slow downward spiral.
One can easily chose to not have medical care....purposefully taking one’s own life is a waaaay different story
That is something. Did he take some new drug?
I had a dear sweet neighbor that more, or less, decided it was time and quit eating the last couple months of her life. She was 94 and in relatively good health until nearly the end.
What is worse, this, or being kept alive for months on machines with a certain outcome?
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