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To: Teacher317

I think there are plenty of doctors and hospitals here that wouldn't go along with euthanasia. There are probably plenty of others that would. But the seed of euthanasia has been planted here, in the minds of average people too.

An old man down the street from me, 85 years old at the time, had some kind of problem that required surgery. After the surgery he was comatose for a few weeks and then, after he came out of the coma, he had a long road to recovery. He was in the hospital over three months. During his worst times, when it didn't seem that he would be making a full recovery or even any kind of recovery, his family approached his doctor about removing life support. The doctor refused, encouraging the family to give the old man some more time.

Three years later, he is vital and active and you would never guess he is 88. He seems at least 20 years younger.


39 posted on 10/06/2004 9:58:04 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Alan Keyes 2004)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

If I was the 88 yo that found out that the family wanted to off me due to illness there would be some serious rewrites to the personal will.


46 posted on 10/06/2004 12:29:15 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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