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ripcord

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3. I promised my mother she could die at home

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 12:18 PM

Sep 2014

She kept having strokes and finally couldn't walk or use her arms anymore. It finally got to the point where she couldn't even swallow water. Her quality of life was so bad I decided not to do anything to prolong it, she finally slipped into a coma, she came out of it on my birthday long enough to tell me happy birthday and died later that day, having a doctor end her life earlier would have been ideal.

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Institute of Medicine urges reforms to improve care for dying people [View all] alp227 Sep 2014 OP

Included should be the right to assisted suicide Hoppy Sep 2014 #1

When my father was dying of congestive heart failure, they sent him to rehab starroute Sep 2014 #2

Medicare does cover Hospice care, and has covered it for years. SharonAnn Sep 2014 #4

I promised my mother she could die at home ripcord Sep 2014 #3