http://joel.fouse.net/2005/03/23/so/ random musings of a bleeding-heart conservative geek Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:38:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://joel.fouse.net/2005/03/23/so/comment-page-1/#comment-135 joel Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:11:24 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/03/23/so/#comment-135 Ah, I see. That works too :). Ah, I see. That works too .

]]> http://joel.fouse.net/2005/03/23/so/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Dad Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:31:22 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/03/23/so/#comment-134 No. We love you all, and we don't want to leave you, but.. We don't want to stay if we will be in any sense in her condition. No. We love you all, and we don’t want to leave you, but.. We don’t want to stay if we will be in any sense in her condition.

]]> http://joel.fouse.net/2005/03/23/so/comment-page-1/#comment-133 joel Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:01:03 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/03/23/so/#comment-133 ...but what? You reserve the right to disagree with me? I certainly hope so :). I actually wonder if you were thinking of my previous post when you commented, since in this post I basically said I've started to realize that she really isn't there anymore. I think the two things that make this one particularly difficult in the right-to-die sense are that the 'artificial means' is simply food, not something more involved like a ventilator or something, and that she didn't make her wishes formally known. You have, and that's good. As many have started to say, we can hope that one good coming out of this may be people giving more serious thought to the "what if" sorts of things and prepare accordingly. …but what? You reserve the right to disagree with me? I certainly hope so . I actually wonder if you were thinking of my previous post when you commented, since in this post I basically said I’ve started to realize that she really isn’t there anymore. I think the two things that make this one particularly difficult in the right-to-die sense are that the ‘artificial means’ is simply food, not something more involved like a ventilator or something, and that she didn’t make her wishes formally known. You have, and that’s good. As many have started to say, we can hope that one good coming out of this may be people giving more serious thought to the “what if” sorts of things and prepare accordingly.

]]> http://joel.fouse.net/2005/03/23/so/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Dad Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:37:32 +0000 http://joel.fouse.net/wp/2005/03/23/so/#comment-132 No offense to my most intellegent son, but the body laying in that bed is merely that. A body. The Good Lord took the most important part of her home years ago. We weak, mindless humans are the ones that have kept the carcuss alive, if you can call it alive, for the last 10-15 years. Is that what you want if you reach that stage? Or have you been forward thinking ewnough to set up a living will? We hope all our offspring have looked at the possible things that COULD happen and have made their wishes known. If you wonder... Neither Deb nor I want to be kept alive by any artifical means, unless by doing so the medical profession can ensure a good quality of live later on. And we're not talking about 15 years later. We have Living Wills registered. As our Executor please see that they are carried out. We love you all, but.... Dad No offense to my most intellegent son, but the body laying in that bed is merely that. A body. The Good Lord took the most important part of her home years ago. We weak, mindless humans are the ones that have kept the carcuss alive, if you can call it alive, for the last 10-15 years. Is that what you want if you reach that stage? Or have you been forward thinking ewnough to set up a living will?
We hope all our offspring have looked at the possible things that COULD happen and have made their wishes known.
If you wonder… Neither Deb nor I want to be kept alive by any artifical means, unless by doing so the medical profession can ensure a good quality of live later on. And we’re not talking about 15 years later.
We have Living Wills registered. As our Executor please see that they are carried out.
We love you all, but….
Dad

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