2006-12-09 13:33:26 · 14 answers · asked by Paul 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
no one should have to answer this question, go get a living will and make your own decision, don't force your family to make it for you
2006-12-09 13:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teesip,
Your answer just hit me like a ton of bricks. At first I thought this was an easy question to answer. I thought of course pull the plug. How could one keep someone in alive thru the use of machines when there is no chance of them getting better. But when I read your answer I thought of my own son, and the question took on a whole new meaning. I don't know if I could or not. But one thing is for sure. I don't want to find out. I am truly sorry for your unimaginable loss.
2006-12-09 22:21:10 · answer #2 · answered by andamiddleton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you really can't "know" for sure can you? I watched a thing about a guy in a comma for 19 years. The doctors said he would never get better. 19 years later, out of the blue, he started talking. Not that he is fully better. He still has little movement and his memory is very short so that he still thinks it's the year he entered his comma. Whos to say he wont recover anything else.
It would be a hard hard choice to make.
2006-12-09 21:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by Gypsy Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the previous post - if they had indicated before their illness or accident that they did not want to be put on life support, I would take them off of it. There are about a million different ways to look at this situation. It is up to thePOA to decide if this is what is BEST for that particular patient. It is all about using your best judgement, and in the end, your heart!
2006-12-09 21:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by smspringer13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be difficult but yes I would, especially if I knew that they were suffering. I watched my mom die from cancer and what she endured was more than I know or could explain. It taught me that should I know that someone is suffering than yes I could take them off life support. There were many days I wished I could ease my Mom's pain., this gave me a knew respect for the right to die.
2006-12-09 21:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by VLEEKS47 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My young son had cancer and was in the last stages of his life. The Dr's wanted to put him on life support to try to save his life. When my sons brain activity showed very little in the lower stem of his brain, I told the Dr's to let him go. They removed the support and he slowly slipped away. The hardest decision I ever made.
2006-12-09 21:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by Teesip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they had indicated that that's what they would have wanted (versus being in a vegetative state, kept alive by machines), then yes, I would take them off of life support.
2006-12-09 21:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was absolutely no future for this person, yes I would. Why let them suffer? It's more of a quality of life rather than quantity,
2006-12-09 21:36:16 · answer #8 · answered by what can i do 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If that were their wish or that is what I felt the best choice was, yes. I would want someone to do the same for me.
2006-12-09 21:35:49 · answer #9 · answered by Hillaryforpresident 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...yes.
If I was aware of that person's personal thoughts about the subject and this is what they wanted me to do, I would indeed.
2006-12-10 00:00:36 · answer #10 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋