Pro-Life Ping
My husband died of cancer in our home in his own bed, as his choice when it became clear treatment would do no good. The natural process of the disease was alleviated by good hospice care (ad lib pain relief) and the fact that he was in our home, we were together, our family and friends visited, our priest visited often, and his personal privacy and dignity were not assaulted.
There was nothing of euthanasia about it, although we discussed the possibility. He chose natural death among loved ones, cared for by loved ones.
A good death, our priest said. The death of a good man. I can only hope for something like that for myself.