Seriously though a friend of mine had a horrible time with her mother, who developed a brain tumor. She was quite irrational and refused all treatment until she was critical. Then she would get hysterical and want to be saved. She didn't want to be sick but was scared of surgery. The doctors wanted to declare her medically incompetent but my friend said she couldn't do that to her mother. As a result of course her mother eventually died in a way that was possibly the hardest it could have been on everyone involved. Excellent example of misplaced compassion.
I hope I never need it but being hospitalized with somethig lifethreatening brought home to me that nobody ever does. So once I was discharged I set up an advance directive. The person I asked to take care of that probably still thinks I have something dire that I don't want to discuss with him :) Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:09:38 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deanna wrote: > > I know his wishes - brought out to a field and shot. ;) > > > > My father-in-law says he'll wander off into the woods or if can't he > says we should drop him off in the "UP Triangle" which is, I guess, an > area of upper Michigan where people mysteriously disappear never to be > seen again. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145608 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
