Comments on: Tough decision http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/09/13/tough_decision/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:28:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/09/13/tough_decision/comment-page-1/#comment-24012 SayUncle Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:46:31 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/09/13/tough_decision/#comment-24012 You've alluded to that before. That is tough and I do not envy you. My sympathies. You’ve alluded to that before. That is tough and I do not envy you. My sympathies.

]]> By: _Jon http://www.saysuncle.com/2005/09/13/tough_decision/comment-page-1/#comment-24011 _Jon Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:38:46 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2005/09/13/tough_decision/#comment-24011 As someone who has stood beside a hospital bed for days waiting for "nature to take it's course", I know that if I could have pushed a button to end it I would have. The hours were agonizing. Listening to each shallow breath - almost gasps - short, 'hic' -like sounds and soft groans that no one could discern their intent. It was devastatingly traumatizing. The pause after each breath caused my heart to stop for a moment as I wondered "was that her last breath?" Then she'd take another one and the cycle would repeat. At 7:25pm I leaned over her, kissed her on the forehead and said; "It's OK; You can let go now." By 7:30pm her heart rate was 0. If I had known that I could have prevented many hours of her condition by a simple act - be it my words or increasing the morphine - I would have done so without hesitation. -- I am not suprised the MSM found a doctor like that to interview. They probably interviewed quite a few until they got that quote. I think a good doctor would have done so without remorse. More than anyone else, the doctor knows if a patient will survive and knows the suffering of all involved when a terminal patient hangs on. As someone who has stood beside a hospital bed for days waiting for “nature to take it’s course”, I know that if I could have pushed a button to end it I would have. The hours were agonizing. Listening to each shallow breath – almost gasps – short, ‘hic’ -like sounds and soft groans that no one could discern their intent. It was devastatingly traumatizing. The pause after each breath caused my heart to stop for a moment as I wondered “was that her last breath?” Then she’d take another one and the cycle would repeat.

At 7:25pm I leaned over her, kissed her on the forehead and said; “It’s OK; You can let go now.” By 7:30pm her heart rate was 0. If I had known that I could have prevented many hours of her condition by a simple act – be it my words or increasing the morphine – I would have done so without hesitation.

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I am not suprised the MSM found a doctor like that to interview. They probably interviewed quite a few until they got that quote. I think a good doctor would have done so without remorse. More than anyone else, the doctor knows if a patient will survive and knows the suffering of all involved when a terminal patient hangs on.

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