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I watched this in action with my father's death. My mother had a long nursing career and had a talk with the doctor that lasted about 15 minutes (it was 20 year
by JudasGoat 8y ago
I watched this in action with my father's death. My mother had a long nursing career and had a talk with the doctor that lasted about 15 minutes (it was 20 years ago), after that a large morphine dose was added to his IV. Within 5 minutes I watched my dad stop breathing.
My Dad was in his early sixties, morbidly obese, this condition was aggrevated by his lifelong fear of doctors. Dad needed hip replacements but wouldn't consider it because of his medical phobia. This caused his lack of mobility which caused urinary track infections from his dificulty moving to a toilet chair.
He was in the hospital for chronic UTI's when my mom made the decision. He was lucent and not at all ready to die.
Mom has passed too and it feels cathartic to say this.
- SteveNuts 8y agoSo your mom just straight up murdered your dad? Why on earth would the doctor authorize giving him a lethal morphine drip for a UTI? What was the fallout from the autopsy, etc.? This baffles me
- JudasGoat 8y agoIn my opinion the medical profession know quite well how to run the system. My mom spent most of her career in a terminal cancer hospital. I was an active opiate addict at the time, so my opinion wasn't solicited.
- ams6110 8y agoAutopsy is often not performed. Neither of my parents were autopsied after they died.