Since when did death become such a horrible thing. Part of life isn't it? I watched my Dad waste away at age 45, the age I am now, to the point he was no longer able to function. His formerly strong body atrophied, and he could no longer talk and went into a coma.
We loved him dearly and miss him more then I can describe, but I would never have wished on him a life like that. We loved him enough to know that it was better for his suffering to be over. And I'd like to believe he's in a better place.
How selfish would it have been of me to hook him to a machine to keep his body alive when he was no longer living? He missed his daughters weddings, he missed his first grandchild, my son, by a month. The pain at the time was unbearable but it was something we had to deal with and a part of life.
But now some of you gents tell me, that mife wife of 22 years and I had better have something written down in some correct style so that if I or she should ever be in the same situation it might get past a court to decide how we live our lives? Neither of us want to have our lives prolonged artificially if in that kind of state.
But should it come to that, my motives or my wife's will be slandered because we love each other enough to pull the plug and that doesn't fit with your belief system? Some of you gents are essentially accusing this husband of murder.
Who are you to decide that for me?
Have any of you worked in a nursing home or a hospital? If not, volunteer, get some time in, find out what it's like. It might change your perceptions
Death is a part of living. It happens every day. deal with it.
Less intrusive government my eye.
Dan
