My 3 other siblings and I took care of my Mom for 3 weeks while she died at home. Her request(: hospice said no fluid, so she laid there with nothing all that time, struggling to breath, to swallow. Etc. I only cried one time during that 3 weeks, because I had a job to do that required quite a bit of mental strength and clarity. The day I broke down was when Timothy McVay was euthanized. I cried because my mother was suffering and that son of a bitch died effortlessly. People should have that choice and in some countries they do. But not here in the land of the free.
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:17 PM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > There's a thin line between keeping someone alive on all kinds of tubes and > heroic measures....one has to really specify, and even then, they won't just > give you something.....! My mother was at the hospital at the hospice area, > after a stroke, with no hope - and she had a living will. She was kept on > fluids and morphine, unitl she died. It would have been so much better to > have had euthanasia! Natalie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:52 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Deciding-when-a-pet-has-suffered-enough > > Absolutely Edna..... It is positively cruel to keep people alive when they > are suffering and there is no recovery in sight. The only states that allow > doctor assisted suicide are Oregon, Wash. > and Montana. It can't happen in my state of WV. Dr. Kevorkian was my hero. > I'll be 80 my next birthday and it terrifies me to think of not being able > to end my life when I'm ready. I've signed a Living Will requesting NO > heroic measures, if I'm terminal, but sometimes they keep you alive anyway. > > Lorrie > > alive-25, Edna Taylor wrote: >> personally, I think we should do this for people too, end their >> suffering. What quality of life does someone have who simply lays in >> bed in a vegetative state? Who are we keeping that person alive for? >> to what end? If it were me, and I had some life ending disease or >> accident, I would want my husband to use what money we had, go out and >> get as much booze and coke as he could get and let me go out with a >> bang ;) But then again, that is just my opinion ;) > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
