Actually, yes he did. When he was on the venitlator, he made actions indicating to "pull the plug".
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:11 AM Subject: Re: Smoking was: New Years Resolutions > Wow, how very awful. My thoughts are with you. > > Do you mind me asking a question? Since he's talking, did he say that he > wanted to be taken off the ventilator, too? I can't imagine the strength > of > character someone would have to have to make that decision for themselves. > > -d > > > On 1/3/06, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Yes, PLEASE stop smoking, for yourself, your wife, and the rest of your >> family. >> >> My father-in-law was diagnosed with lung cancer in just this past >> October. >> They immediately put him on radiation and chemotherapy. >> >> In November, the doctor gave him a at most one year to live, if >> everything >> went WELL. I was told that 70% of lung cancer patients die within one >> year. >> >> On Christmas day, he was feeling particularly awful, so we loaded him up >> and >> took him to the hospital. >> >> They operated on him to remove fluid from the lungs. However, after the >> surgury, they were not able to get the infected lung to reinflate. They >> had >> him on a ventilator to keep him alive. Three times they tried to remove >> it, >> only to have to put it right back in. >> >> The rest of his body, while not great, is still kicking with no real >> problems. He's conscious, he can communicate, he's thinking fine. His >> lungs are dead. He was caught in between life and death - he's alive >> only >> because the ventilator was keeping him alive, and that's no life. >> >> On New Year's Eve, my mother-in-law made the decision to remove him from >> the >> ventilator. We were all there - his wife (53 years old), his daughter >> (my >> wife, 25 years old), his son (20 years old), myself, his sister, and her >> husband. We stood around him after they removed the ventilator and cried >> as >> his body gasped for air that his lungs could not provide. Somehow, he's >> managed to stay alive, and is even speaking a little. The doctors are >> surprised, we were all surprised, but the fact remains that his body is >> still broken with at most one lung at partial capacity. >> >> It's like watching a media stream where the incoming content is set at an >> extremely high bit rate and you're on dial-up. Only this is going to >> kill >> him. >> >> I do not know how long he will remain alive. >> >> I implore you, and anybody else who smokes, and cares about the family >> around him, to stop smoking. Quit cold turkey. Don't do it. Get the >> patch. >> Chew gum. Have your jaw wired shut. Just stop smoking. >> >> It is going to kill you before you want to die. It is not a death like >> you >> see in the movies - where someone gracefully passes away. It's ugly, and >> your family will be left far sadder than you'd ever expect. >> >> - Matt >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Ihrig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:07 PM >> Subject: Re: New Years Resolutions >> >> >> > get my pant waist to a solid 38 - or dream 36. >> > weight under 200 >> > >> > quit smoking >> > >> > stop drinking beer on school nights. >> > >> > o and have a baby.... >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190523 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
