Kyle and Amanda Franklin update

[M0nkey_Man]

Nop, no right answer.  I just said I don't understand it.  I did say I was not talking about someone being in a coma for a long time though.  I know it is a tough decision and I hope I ll never have to make it.  Not saying it is right or wrong.  I just don;t have the ability to understand it i guess.

Monkey:  This is just a discussion.  Contribute or stay out.

Tupac:  See the above.  You can't go through life locking threads just because there is different opinion out there.  Even worse, there are no threads to lock in real life. 

ya,a pointless discussion destroying the whole point of this thread. This thread was made out of respect for someone by Tupac,not for a what would you do argument.Truth is you wouldnt know what you would do in that situation.We had to let my grandma go a week before christmas

praying for amanda

[Hajo]

To you and your family Tupac my most deepest sympathies and care.

May God bless all of you.

[Tupac]

To you and your family Tupac my most deepest sympathies and care.

May God bless all of you.

I wish I had the privelage of calling Kyle and Amanda family, but I do not. I've met them both before, on several occasions.

[Tupac]

http://www.moonlightfund.org/

[Ack-Ack]

I'll have Skuzzy lock this thread before it turns into a pissing contest.

edit: Kyle made the decision to put Amanda on comfort care. I'm sure there were other reasons not vocalized, but I'm positive money was one of them. It's no one else's job to worry about it. All we can do is hope that she pulls through.

I'm sure what ever was the basis for his decision, money was not a mitigating factor.  Sometimes you have to face reality and there is nothing more you can do but accept things how they are.  It's a very painful and hard decision to make and to second guess this man's decision is wrong. This is definitly one of those cases were one shouldn't comment on the reasons why unless you walked a mile in that man's shoes.

ack-ack

[dedalos]

I'm sure what ever was the basis for his decision, money was not a mitigating factor.  Sometimes you have to face reality and there is nothing more you can do but accept things how they are.  It's a very painful and hard decision to make and to second guess this man's decision is wrong. This is definitly one of those cases were one shouldn't comment on the reasons why unless you walked a mile in that man's shoes.

ack-ack

Comon Ack.  I am not second guessing his decision.  I only know the few lines the OP wrote about the case.  I am only stating that I do not understand it given the few lines of information I got.  That does not make him a bad person nor do I try to say that.  I also don't trust hospitals and doctors since they are businesses.  I am sure every ones decision is based on what information the hospital gives them and I gave an example how wrong they can be sometimes.  It is my opinion on a public board.  I did not walk into any ones home and told them what to do.  Tupac is the one that brought it here.  The only thing that can make this thread go wrong are posts like Monkeys one liners.

I really don't understand why it is bad to post your opinion on something someone made public.  If it was his family I would not have said a word.
 

[Tupac]

"It is with a broken heart that I tell you that my beautiful girl Amanda passed away at 10:10 central time this evening. Beside her was her adoring husband Kyle, her mother Jeanie, her brother Matt, her sister-in-law Michelle and her devoted mother-in-law Audean.

 

Thank you all again for your love,

 

Goodnight and God bless Amanda,

 

Kyle"

RIP Amanda.

[Rash]

Kyle knew his wonderful wife.  Tough road ahead for him.  He needs lots of prayers.  Hard to imagine what he is going through. 

[Plawranc]

Penguin.... you have no idea do you.

RIP Amanda.. Im not a praying man, but she has the few I have.

[Waldo]

 RIP Amanda.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oyUddt3HWU&feature=youtu.be

 A sad loss for the aviation community

[fudgums]

RIP Amanda

Clear skies forever

[M0nkey_Man]

dedalos check pms



RIP Amanda

[Penguin]

That is a BS example.  Why would I be making the call for someone elses family?  (Better go check what CPR is while at it).

Second, in your example you are talking about money issues.  That was not mentioned in the OP now was it? It was done in the name of comfort and the guess (maybe a good one) that she would not make it.  But I am sure in the most powerful country in the world with the self proclaimed best health care your example could not happen.  We don;t let people die here because they don;t have money, do we?

All I said was that I don;t understand why.  He still gets to make the decision.  However, advice from hospitals and doctors are not always in the best interest of the patient.  They are at the best interest of their business.

So, if we change the example to be MY family, the answer is A no matter what their wish was.  And to be clear, I am not talking about someone that has been in a coma for a year.  I don;t know if you have seen it before but I have mentioned here that my sister walked home in 8 days (might have been less, don;t remember) after a brain aneurism.  My cousin who is a doctor told me to run to Greece and see her because only a small percentage survives and even if they do they most likely will be vegetables.  I ve been calling my sister zucchini ever since     

dedalos, check your PMs.

-Penguin