That is true...we are. I thought terminal meant that the person was expected to die within a year or so from some particular illness. That was one word we never used here with Bruce was sick. We knew his chances of surviving his cancer were slim to none but we did gain 9 months together...so that was a miracle in itself.
Laurie --- Tim Harder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am confused as to how the word "terminal" is used > here. > Terminal if she doesn't have a feeding tube? Or... > she is about > to die anytime now? We are all terminal... Just > curious. > > > > On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 09:43 PM, Charles > wrote: > > > I don't *always* consider a feeding tube life > support either. I'm not > > sure it is in this particular case., particularly > if she can learn to > > eat on her own as the parents maintain. But if > the feeding tube is > > the only thing keeping a person alive then it > could be considered life > > support, in fact in most legal jurisdictions it is > considered heroic > > measures if the patient is terminal. > > > ________________________________ > > 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
