Actually, the hospice folks here swear that removing the tube is actually more peaceful for the patient than other methods. Their body shuts down and goes to sleep.
Charles Mims http://www.the-sandbox.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laurie Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:38 AM To: The Sandbox Discussion List Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Right to Die I have a problem with just stopping the feeding tube. That is starving her to death...nope...can't go with that..but if she is braindead, or in a permanent vegitative state, I can see increasing pain meds and ending her life that way....no suffering. In my opinion, starvation is painful and suffering occurs. Laurie --- David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm like you on this one. We had a tough decision with Julie's > mom...but fortunately the doctor was able to ask her mother if she > wanted more pain medicine or did she want to be more alert. She chose > the pain medicine and it basically put her to sleep then shut her > down. > She was in so much pain > and suffering from the cancer. Now this case is a bit different, but > if they feel that taking the woman off of the feeding tubes will cause > her pain and make her suffer, I'm not for her suffering. I say since > she is basically dead anyway, then give her enough medication to let > it be an easy transition. I don't like playing God, but I don't think > that is the case. > > David L. > > Ben Franklin: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As > nations become corrupt, they have more need of masters." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:58 AM > To: 'The Sandbox Discussion List' > Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Right to Die > > > I haven't decided on this one. The woman has been vegetative for 13 > years. > For all practical purposes she is not alive, and reports I've heard is > that her brain waves are severely deteriorated. The drain on her > immediate family (Husband (children?)) must be enormous not even > counting the financial drain keeping her artificially alive. > > I'm looking at it like this, my wife (who according to the laws of the > state of FL is my next of kin) knows my wishes. If she made the > difficult decision to cease heroic measures on me I wouldn't want my > mother to be able to step in and make a different decision. If the > extended family wins in this case, that is the precedent that will be > set. > > I know for *ME* I don't want to live like that. > Take the tube away. If it > is the only thing keeping me alive, I mean, and I'm not conscious. > Now if I were still conscious and just couldn't eat, then it is a > different story. > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Tim Harder > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Sndbox] Right to Die > > > Has anyone been paying attention to the woman in Florida who has been > a vegetable since 1990. They are going to remove her feeding tube... > They say she will *probably* die in about two weeks.... > Does anybody else find > this disturbing? I suppose they will have her loaded up on pain meds? > Is it better for her to go this way... or would it be better for > someone to give her a lethal dose of something? > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going > to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going > to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ===== I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. --Gilda Radner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
