My husband and I need to sit down with a lawyer sometime this year to write
out something concerning when to pull the plug on me. I had a pulmonary
embolism this summer, blood clots on the lungs, and lost 40% of my lungs, no
cause found. If I have another embolism and IF enough of the lung is
damaged that life can only be sustained by a machine, there needs to be
something from me saying when I want the plug pulled. My Dr said that my
husband can't just say to pull the plug, the hospital can't, even if it's
just a machine keeping me alive. I find Kevin's post and the posts
following his, interesting. I would like all information y'all might have
concerning directives such as this. My wish is that if I am unconscious and
will remain unconscious and only alive by a machine, it's time to pull the
plug. Then we get into how much brain damage from lack of oxygen and
quality of life. Many considerations.
I am doing fine now, even back to exercising as difficult and long as
before, without breathing harder. The body is a remarkable thing !
Becky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Newton Albert C" newton-@columbia-center.org
To: "LABRI-L" labri@egroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: [labri] Re: 911 Prayer Request
> >What lawyers are thinking
> >and what doctors are thinking are two different
> >things, and both differ from what patients
> >and family are thinking.
> This is why I am not big on these directives. I have made it clear to my
> doctor and my family that the family should make an informed decision
> concerning whether life is being sustained or death is being prolonged.
> I think I remember reading a similar statement when FAS died. It made a
> profound impact on me. My father died last September. He was an
> Alzheimer's disease patient who lived 18 years--possibly a record. No
> herorics were used. He was bedfast for 10 years, knowing no one, unable
> to speak except in garbled sounds, except for an occassional few
> syllables.
> In Christ Jesus,
> Donna
> Friends of L'Abri
> List Worker
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