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Posted on 06/14/2008 12:06:50 PM PDT by wagglebee
Was there no pain control available?
(EASY FOR ME TO SAY, I KNOW) but - is there a purpose to some suffering or uncomfortableness in this world?
What if we “put to sleep” any elderly person with an incurable disease, in order to spare their suffering?
They are about the meet their Maker. Is there any sanctifying or warning or priority-setting purpose in the hardships of the end stages of death?
Myself I am all for pain control. But I won’t actively kill anyone.
I don’t see what you did to artificially extend her life or her suffering. What you’ve described is loving palliative care. If you were caring for her yourselves at home, I doubt you were giving her any aggressive life prolonging treatments.
It sounds to me like you loved her and took good care of her. We should all be so fortunate.
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