Posted on 06/18/2011 1:31:13 PM PDT by wagglebee
Karen Royle’s memories of the last precious hours with her cherished mother Rona are far from the serene, comforting images that she had hoped for.
Before arriving in Zurich, Karen, 51, had envisaged a pretty Swiss chalet, with perhaps a view of the Alps — ‘just like the pictures in the book Heidi, which I’d loved as a child’.
But the Dignitas ‘apartment’ at No 84 Gertrudestrasse, where 74-year-old Rona chose to end her life rather than succumb further to the ravages of Motor Neurone Disease (MND), bore no comparison to the picture-postcard tranquility her family had imagined.
The image Karen and her partner David Sweetman cannot erase from their minds is of a ‘blue tin shed’ on a barren industrial estate, with no views, just a scrubby patch of garden littered with cigarette butts.
Inside, the prefabricated structure was equally spartan, with no decorations apart from two roses, an angel-shaped candle and a silver-winged candle holder that the Royles, at Rona’s request, had brought with them.
‘That vision of what was little more than a blue tin shed will stay with me for the rest of my life,’ says David, a decorator.
‘It reminded me of a gas chamber. I felt like I was taking Rona to her execution.
‘When the taxi turned into that industrial estate, we were so horrified I just wanted to turn straight round and drive away. The only thing that stopped us was Rona’s determination to go through with it. I kept asking her: “Rona, are you sure about this?” But she never wavered. To this day, though, I can’t help but feel guilty for taking her there.’
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It IS an execution chamber.
Yes, it is. Form follows function, as they say.
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This makes it sound like the only problem was the aesthetics, not that they were taking Mom off to be put to sleep.
If they wanted her to die some place with a view of the Alps, they should have rented a lovely cottage with a view of the Alps and let her die at her own pace there.
In there defense, I will say it sounds like Mom was the one behind this. But that’s what people do when they think their kids don’t care, they “don’t want to be a burden,” and they know that everybody just wants them to get moving and get it over with. So maybe it would be better with flowers in the room?
It probably is quite beautiful compared to what her mother may be seeing and experiencing now.
How shameful, a daughter escorting her mother to a death chamber; calling her by her first name as well.
So sad, and so sick.
The place has fallen into total moral disarray with the pagan takeover.
If they wanted her to die some place with a view of the Alps, they should have rented a lovely cottage with a view of the Alps and let her die at her own pace there.
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The whole thing probably wasnt cheap
What you describe probably would have cost less...
There are lovely views in England though
They didnt need to go all the way to Europe...
The problem comes when their children feel the same way about them, as in this case.
It reminded me of a gas chamber. I felt like I was taking Rona to her execution
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Duh !!!
Kevorkian admitted he liked watching people die, and his "artwork" revealed a deeply sick psyche, one that was twisted and vile.
No surprise at this.
“Jim (the deceased woman’s husband) who had recently been diagnosed with dementia, was so traumatised by the event that a doctor had to be called out to their hotel in the early hours to sedate him.”
So sad.
Sixteen years ago my mom was fighting cancer. Her doctor had a private talk with my brother and father (that was in Spain, I lived in the US) describing the awful death that awaited her. My brother called me to tell me that dad and him had decided to spare her that torment. The next few months were awful. My brother and I argued about it all the time. I considered telling my mom what they were planning, but then I thought that would terrify her, so I wouldn’t say anything and then feel guilty about it... Thankfully, assisted suicide wasn’t an easy alternative back then. My father and brother kept looking for a doctor willing to help. God answered my prayers when He mercifully took my mom home earlier than expected.
After which they turn you into Soylent Green.
“She made an initial payment of £1,750 for the ‘accompanied suicide’, and paid the £9,500 balance before travelling with her family to Zurich in December 2009.”
What a racket!
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