Subj: Re: 911 Prayer Requst Update
Date: 1/27/00 7:41:22 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: slinn@brevard.net
To: KEVIN4VFT@aol.com

Kevin,

>"Make them comfortable."

I hate those words above all others. I
can't tell you how many times I was told that
about my mom and her Alzheimer's. For both
my mom and dad, I had to ultimately make the
decision you now face. I pray God to give
you wisdom and strength.

Thankfully, I read John Frame's little
book on medical ethics before I had to make
my first decision (with Dad). From that book,
I developed my motto that "If I'm dying, let me
die. If you can fix me, fix me." Frame wrote
to me once and said that the tough thing is knowing
when someone is dying. Dad was the first person
I'd ever been around who was at that point.
Nevertheless, with both of them, I did know. I
can't tell you how I knew, but I did (and that
includes several times of making the doctors
rally Mom back to more years of life).

The best pieces of advice I can give you are
(1) to make the best decision you can by God's grace,
and live with it. Don't guilt yourself up about it.
Don't second guess yourself. I've seen that gnaw
and destroy folks. And, (2) look for the hand of
God. He will make Himself known.


Your brother,
Scott Linn




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