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Being a nurse for too damn many years I've ran across this too much. From new born babies to definitely the elderly where I am now.
Sweet Jesus I have alot to say about this, but it makes me feel sick to even think about it. As a director of nursing I have the final say of what goes down in my facility and withholding food and fluids etc. will never happen where I am. I either ship them off to the hospital or help the family find immediate alternate placement. That is something I can not live with. I am a caregiver to someone's final moments. I will not play the executioner.
My heart goes out to the family and caregivers of Terri Schiavo , that's not a place I would want to be in, or my family to be in.
If you do not have advance directives , what are you waiting for.
Save your family, caregivers and possibly the judges from needless pain.
Enuff said.
This is a Bad Scene, and getting a lot of play here because it's semi-local. The husband obviously wants to Move On, and the parents are holding out Against All Hope. Very tough, indeed. I need documentation demanding "Put Me Down!"
Posted by: Velociman at October 10, 2003 08:22 PMWell, someone is gonna get to play executioner because yesterday the judge refused to hear the case and denied the parents' request for injunction. Wednesday, Oct. 15, the feeding tube will be pulled and "nature" (as it were) will be allowed to take its course.
Funny thing is, I get a gut feeling that if Ms. Schiavo were a FETUS rather than a 39-year old woman, this would have taken a decidedly different course.
Posted by: Me Myself and I at October 11, 2003 08:56 PM