100 Posts in 100 Days: Day 50
Feb. 19th, 2012 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zolaWhat do you want when you are near death?
I saw a newspaper article today that mentioned that only 25% of us had talked to our loved ones about what we wanted. Coupling this with the article How Doctors Die and the recent loss of two of our cats, I can say most emphatically what I don't want.
I do not want a feeding tube unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of normal function for a person of my age.
I do not want life support unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of for a person of my age.
I do not want to be resuscitated unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of for a person of my age.
Barring a fatal accident, I do not want to die at the hospital. I want to be at home, with the people and things that I love.
What do you want? Have you told anyone?
I saw a newspaper article today that mentioned that only 25% of us had talked to our loved ones about what we wanted. Coupling this with the article How Doctors Die and the recent loss of two of our cats, I can say most emphatically what I don't want.
I do not want a feeding tube unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of normal function for a person of my age.
I do not want life support unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of for a person of my age.
I do not want to be resuscitated unless I have a temporary condition from which I am expected to recover. By "recover", I mean that I can be expected to have at least 60% of for a person of my age.
Barring a fatal accident, I do not want to die at the hospital. I want to be at home, with the people and things that I love.
What do you want? Have you told anyone?
