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Do Not Resuscitate? - Real ethical decisions
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<blockquote data-quote="HTacianas" data-source="post: 75757082" data-attributes="member: 411268"><p>I faced the same decision when my father passed away. He was a lot younger but in substantially worse condition. I decided based on his condition that I did not want him to be revived. But then I was asked if I wanted a feeding tube surgically placed in him and I said yes. I decided that we had to feed him but if he died there was no sense in reviving him. He died the night before he was scheduled to have the feeding tube placed. I don't regret the decision.</p><p></p><p>In your case, if it was me, I would make the same decision. One of the things you have to take into account is how much harm CPR will do to him. I knew a woman in her eighties who basically died at home but was revived by paramedics and taken to the hospital and put on life support. In order to keep her alive she would have had to have her arms and legs amputated because of the damage she had suffered. Those things are never easy.</p><p></p><p>Not reviving a person is not the same as ending their life. They are dying of natural causes. I hope you are not offended by any of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HTacianas, post: 75757082, member: 411268"] I faced the same decision when my father passed away. He was a lot younger but in substantially worse condition. I decided based on his condition that I did not want him to be revived. But then I was asked if I wanted a feeding tube surgically placed in him and I said yes. I decided that we had to feed him but if he died there was no sense in reviving him. He died the night before he was scheduled to have the feeding tube placed. I don't regret the decision. In your case, if it was me, I would make the same decision. One of the things you have to take into account is how much harm CPR will do to him. I knew a woman in her eighties who basically died at home but was revived by paramedics and taken to the hospital and put on life support. In order to keep her alive she would have had to have her arms and legs amputated because of the damage she had suffered. Those things are never easy. Not reviving a person is not the same as ending their life. They are dying of natural causes. I hope you are not offended by any of this. [/QUOTE]
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