Just your opinion please...cuz someone (relative) would have to take care of the brain damage person and that would be awful...Also what PERCENTAGE of people would take care of someone that is similar to a vegetable??? ex..50/100 would take care of him...or 20/100 would take care of him...Just your opinion..Think it through please....
2007-01-16 07:05:33 · 8 answers · asked by sweet 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Quality of life for a severely brain-injured patient is non-existent. I would pull the plug, even if it was my only child. Consider the fact of feeding tubes, tracheostomy, urinary catheters, bedsores, sleepless nights for the caregiver, high expenses, heavy lifting, etc.... the list goes on and on. Life would not be worth living, and the toll on the family is immeasurable. Someone in a persistent vegetative state belongs in a nursing home, or even better, six feet under.
2007-01-16 08:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no need to think i was there with my mother in the end she couldn't walk ,talk,feed herself,or anything for that matter(lasted 8 months) and would i do it again? you bet without thought it was my mother.now to answer the other part of it, it is much harder on the family to watch their loved one slip away day by day it takes a toll knowing theres nothing you can do and the suffering they are going threw and how you would give anything to take it away it breaks your heart, when you lose some1 you love dearly no matter how it happens your heart is broken and part of you go's with that person.even when you know the outcome you are never prepared for the void that is left. i would have rather my mother to have gone quickly then see her die day by day.but if that wasn't god's will and she for some reason was meant to stay for awhile longer(however long it may be) i would take care of her and try to ease some of the pain. in the end last 2months she was hospitalized and i moved in the hospital with her. and yes i had a family of my own 3 kids an a husband, i also had a dad who was ill and on dyalis and i was the only 1 out of 4 kids who did it. hope this answers your question
2007-01-16 07:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by mylilsun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are bad. But I would rather deal with death.
A close family friend of ours died of a brain tumour a little for a year ago. We use to visit him in the hospital everyday and it was hard on everyone taking care of him. In the end he was in a vegetative (sp?) state, didn't recognize anyone, could do anything. We were watching him waste away and couldn't do anything about it. It rips your heart out. Sadly, it was a relief to everyone when he finally passed away because we all knew he was no longer in pain.
2007-01-16 07:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
brain damage. It's like parading the fact you'll never be able to interact with them again. I think probaby 90/100 would take care of the person. Interesting question...
2007-01-16 07:21:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone severely brain damaged, because the other is no longer suffering and doesn't need to be take care any longer. Both are sad.
2007-01-16 07:15:28 · answer #5 · answered by us5we2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Severe brain damage is far worse than death,in my opinion. I HAVE taken care of people in vegatative states and have seen the toll it takes on families.
2007-01-16 07:13:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i rather be dead than has a brain damaged because that way i can't call myself a parasite from my family and end my suffering. EUTHANASIA method.
2007-01-16 07:14:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better dead than permanantly vegetative...
2007-01-16 07:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋