Part 2: if you were the parent, would you feel it would be ethical to keep them alive?

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Nope. Even if a cure was on a cure was on the horizon. Its tough when its someone else though. My father had alzheimers. Initially it was like well he like to walk around and eat and sing. There is some quality of life. Eventually though he could not swallow whole food and was in a wheelchair when not in bed and his hands had curled up. It was clear that if it were I in that condition I would like a nice does of barbituates.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      Get your living will done, my dude. If you don’t make your wishes known, you’ll traumatize some EMS who has to perform a very crunchy CPR on you. My dad, a former EMS, has a “no aerobics” DNR set up so he won’t be someone else’s trauma.

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        9 hours ago

        “no aerobics” DNR

        Does this mean DNR only if requiring artificial respiration? I couldn’t see “no aerobics” online.

      • HubertManne@piefed.social
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        Thats all well and good but there is no death with dignity here and I have seen the horribleness of hospice.