quote:Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
How many posters have living wills, health care proxies, advance directives, durable power of attorney for health care?
I agree with all you wrote, Annie. A few years ago my grandmother, who I had taken care of for 8 years, had a stroke that left her in a vegitative state. She was breathing on her own, but nothng else. After a week in the hospital with IV hydration and high hopes that she would heal from this, the doctor told me that she never would and to keep her alive we would have to use a feeding tube.
The most difficult thing I have ever had to do and will probably never have to do anything harder in my lifetime, was to honor the living will she completed several years prior stating that she did not want to be kept alive by any artificial means including, but not limited to, feeding tubes and hydration. But I respected my grandmother enough to do what she wanted and not what I wanted.
Trust me, this is not any easier for the husband than it is for the mother.
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