I feel so horrible for anyone who has to watch their loved ones, people or pets, suffer needlessly without the proper help! I sat with my mother for 3 weeks, even nights, but had to go to her house to care for her cats, take a shower and change clothing. They were going to send her home with a hospital bed, but thankfully, I was able to persuade them to allow her to stay because I knew that the end was near. I would have been stuck all alone, 24/7, with no help (my sister worked), away from home. She died 2 days after they planned on moving her - can't they tell how near death someone is, at least by fluid intake and going out? I could tell. The morphine and fluids really helped - my mother didn't seem in any distress the whole time! She still would have preferred just to be allowed to be let go immediately. Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcia Baronda Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Euthanasia My mom had morphine...hospice wouldn't allow fluids. Sent from my iPad that my most awesome kids surprised me with, Christmas 2010. On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:43 AM, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 09-25, Marcia wrote: > >> 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. >> > That must have been a terrible expeience for you Marcia. Wasn't she > given fluids by mouth and morphine? > > As for McVay - He should have been tortured to death! Criminals also > get free surgery and all the other things we don't get. > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
