| Feminist Crack Whore 2005-03-23, 4:43 pm |
| On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 02:12:15 -0500, "cal" <cal1360@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Panther" <panther@asarian-intl.org> wrote in message
>news:d1hufm$r96$0@pita.alt.net...
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>my choice in her situation (as i'm aware of it) would be to live, and i'd
>want to be helped to recover as much as i can. i side with her parents and
>i think she should be legally returned to their care. putting myself in
>their place, i know i would want what they want. putting myself in her
>hubby's place, i might be concerned about what she might say if she ever
>regains the ability. i might be losing some sleep over this. i might be
>wondering if this "cardiac arrest" business will be more fully investigated
>at some point than it seems to have been to date. yeah, i may be wronging
>the gent. suspicious minds. but no, i still hope he doesn't get his way.
>in my life i've made various contradictory adhoc claims about what i would
>want in a similar situation, including when i was 20 and didn't know my XXX
>from my elbow. i sure wouldn't want some of those claims to be
>taken seriously now.
I'm well over twenty. Twenty twice over and then some.
Not a lot.
Just a little.
Shut the XXXX up and let me talk.
I think it's a very hard thing to look at unemotionally. Rationally,
in my right mind and knowing full well my circumstances, and assuming
my children were safe and self sufficient - if I were injured somehow
and had no mind left at all, were nothing but a shell, a vegetable,
pull the plug.
If my kids are still too young or whatever to be self sufficient,
don't you dare XXXXing pull that plug. I'll find a way back.
If one of my kids were in a similar situation and had expressed to me
a wish to be let go, I hope I have the strength and love to give them
that.
If one of my kids were in a similar situation and had not had the
opportunity to express their wishes, I don't ever want to be in a
position where I need to know what comes next.
If it were my husband, and he were in a similar position, we've
talked. I know what he wants and I love him enough to give him that.
If it were my parents and a few assorted others, who's going to wait
for a catastrophic accident? Can I pull their plug now, please?
It isn't immaturity or lack of experience that informs my choice.
>well, one thing that's come out of this for me today is that i've told
>someone who may be involved in deciding for me someday, like i'm telling
>every one of my friends who reads this now: if i can't communicate my will
>at the time, and there's the remotest chance i might still be aware, then
>keep me comfortable, keep me fed, and keep me breathing.
>
>i suppose i'd better do one of those living will thingies. but who's got
>the time.
>
>curiosity drove me forth in shitty weather to see "million dollar baby"
>after it cleaned up at the oscars. i liked how swank and eastwood worked
>together, but i was disappointed in the story, since i was led to believe it
>was about a couple of fighters.
>
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