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bratnella_NM [Which is why the decision should be YOURS. Just like we have DNRs, we should be able to have a "put me to rest gently" document that specifies under what circumstances we want to be kindly euthanized.
[Which is why the decision should be YOURS. Just like we have DNRs, we should be able to have a "put me to rest gently" document that specifies under what circumstances we want to be kindly euthanized.
I agree Mirabelle and I agree with what you had to say on this Foots.
I'm guessing if I knew far enough in advance I'd start saving up on some pills and hope it was enough. I was 7 when my maternal grandmother was going thru, what they then referred to as senility. I can still remember seeing my mom cry several times, it troubled me then and it scares me now.
I don't know why our society is so against letting someone like this die with just a bit of grace. I just don't understand it.
ETA: "Put me to rest gently"...perfectly worded.
i feel that there are worse things in life then death.
but as my grandmother said, you never know what you will do until the time comes that you are faced with the problem.
i feel that we should do all we can for our loved ones but leave the major choice in the hands of the Lord. He know what He is doing in each of our lives.
i also feel that drs should be more open and honest about the end of life. people need to be informed and the family needs to make ceertain choiced when a loved cn not speak for themselvesthe dr gave my cpr when she had heart failure. i wanted them to do so, but i did not know that it breaks your ribs when it is done. had i known that fact, i would not have had them do it. but we live and learn.
as for our pets, i have had to make that choice several times and itis not easy. so how could it be esy to make that choice for a person.
My sister told us this weekend at a picnic -- if she is in a nursing home with Alzheimer's (and yes she has shown symptoms) that we shouldn't feel a need to visit. She wouldn't know anyways so she felt that people went out of guilt. I quickly and loudly corrected her perception to say that I visited my MIL in the nursing home when she had Alzheimer's so that she received good care. My husband and I would always go at different times. We would visit regularly - often and at different times because we knew that if we didn't she wouldn't get the quality of care that we thought she deserved. How very sad - my sister didn't say anything after that.