I have had some obnoxious posters tell me, that because I followed my dads wishes and had no food tube surgically put into him, that I might as well consider that I had killed him...I guess there were those who felt I should have overruled my dad, dismissed his wishes, allowed the doctors to assault him with an unwanted surgery, all in an effort to allow my dad to linger in pain for a short while longer...
Certainly, most reasonable people would never feel that way...but there are always those, who think that they want is best for everyone, and enjoy poking their noses into things which dont concern them...
That being said, I still do believe that Michael Shiavo could have and should have turned Terri over to her parents(as I have never been really assured that she wished to die as she did)...but I know folks who think that so long as a person is breathing via a ventilator, even tho tests show that they are brain dead, should also be prolonged...and that is something that is abhorrent to me...brain dead does mean dead...but not to some...
My husband wishes to have everything done for him, should it come to that...and his wishes will be honored..I, on the other hand, want nothing done for me, but to let me go...and hopefully, my wishes will also be honored...and no outsiders are welcome...our loving, intact family, will make our family decisions unaided by outsiders...
Exactly as it should be.
What was his medical condition prior to that?