Blessings, Joan 403 652 7928
Barbara Thank you for your voice and for moving this discussion beyond 'how' and 'what' to 'why'. Blessings to you and your mother. To all This subject line may move us in many useful directions. The first one that comes to mind is what is the purpose of a D N R order and for whose benefit? In my father's case at his own wish (his cognition was intact) the order was clearly designed and understood so that he was not to have any intervention the purpose of which was to prevent him from dying. The heading of his level of care was ' comfort measures only '. This included antibiotics and I was informed of every use of antibiotics usually for comfort in the case of UTI. There were many specific choices that he made on a standardized questionnaire. Since he did not wish to be prevented from dying it was also clear that he would not be transferred to hospital. He was in Canada and specifically on an Indian reserve. As a health care professional dealing with Barbara's mother, "What would YOU do?" -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
