A right to die with dignity

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People have to realize that there’s death with dignity and then there’s death by Kevorkian.

Many years ago, Dr. K called our veterinary clinic and asked if he could come over and watch when we had a euthanisia scheduled. Of course, he was not allowed to do so.

Unfortunately, too many see this angel of death and evil as some kind of savior, and understandably, many of those who do are in unbearable mental and/or physical pain. It’s not too hard to imagine how someone could choose his route when there seem to be no other options.

As Catholics, we should be sympathetic to those who find themselves in that position, and work and pray for better end-of-life solutions; pain relief, hospice care, emotional support, etc.
 
My Mother is resting as she usually does within 20 mins. of taking her medication at 2:30pm. Very interesting bit of reading here. She gets very discouraged at times, but i know she would never take her own life /sigh. More likely than not she was bored again with nothing to do and wanted to see how many people she could get going LOL! Even now, she holds tight to her sense of humour and smiles/laughs often. It is true that she is not Catholic, but she worships at her own church whenever she can and when she can’t get out, Sunday’s teachings are posted on the internet by Tuesday afternoon and she listens to them Tuesday evening. A very interesting array of comments here I find. Whereas my Mother can find compassion for literally anyone and see some form of good in them, I see that a couple of you were really quite harsh in your replies to her ramblings. I can assure you that my Mother does not support that Dr. that this conversation was started over and she has a living will made out already which I know outlines her wishes for if the time comes that she cannot speak for herself. As a matter of fact, she has spent in excess of the last 55 hours straight sitting at this computer looking up facts, articles, testimonies, she even told me she went to a few live chat rooms!, forums, etc where the topic being discussed was the vigorous 48 week treatment she hopes to start on as early as mid November. My Mother is a very brave and strong willed woman and I am extremely proud of her with the way she conducts herself on a day to day basis as sick as she is and still trying to get up to help with things like preparing meals and doing the dishes if my sister isn’t home! On nights when she actually is able to sleep she still rises at 7am to see my sister and I off to school. Also, just to let you know, my Mother is very heavily medicated up to 5 times a day and I very much doubt she was even aware what the topic of conversation was after the initial post! My guess would be that she clicked a wrong link and ended up here by accident from a site where she was learning about the new treatment regime. I apologize for hassle she gave anyone but believe me when I say my Mother will be walking thru those pearly gates when her time comes. Until then, I know she will fight. That is just how she is.
 
God Bless and know that prayers are going you way. Your mother sounds like a wonderful person and my prayer is that she finds comfort in this world and the next.

We Catholics don’t think that everyone else is going to h***. It is actually our goal that everyone go to heaven to be with our wonderful Lord.

Again God Bless.
 
Thank you. As for now, I have a report that is due next Monday and I haven’t started it yet so I best get to it. I always check windows of hers before closing them tho and this one was kind of interesting 😛
 
Dying in a state of grace is the most dignified death I can imagine.

My MIL died in our living room (hospice care). She died w/ grace and dignity; I know she was in pain. Her witness still has an impression on me. It was an honor to take care of her.
—KCT
 
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