May God help us

lugerholsterrepair · 04-01-2005, 01:17 AM

Wes, Neither of us can properly best the other here. Not till we have taken that path will we be the judge of what is right.
I can only speak for myself and I know when enough has been taken from me to make my life not worth living, I will want to die.

I say these things having taken degrees in Gerontology, thanatology, and sociology. I worked in many nursing homes where people are warehoused and nursed beyond their time to die naturally.

I remember working in a Veterans home long term care facility in Colorado. I was to transfer a very elderly patient from one room to another. As I picked him up, he weighed all of 60 pounds, he pissed all over me and would not stop from screaming in his weak voice...Kill me! Kill me! He was begging for mercy. We, would not, could not, give it.

And yet, we have mercy on dogs and put them out of their misery if they are in pain with no hope of recovery but humanity has not the kindness for ourselves.

Medical technology is a wonderfull thing. Medical ethics is a tough subject so we know of no other direction to go and that is forward. Save a life, no matter the cost or the pain and suffering of the patient.

Life is precious but conversly, so is death.

Jerry Burney

04-01-2005, 01:17 AM	#9
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Wes, Neither of us can properly best the other here. Not till we have taken that path will we be the judge of what is right. I can only speak for myself and I know when enough has been taken from me to make my life not worth living, I will want to die. I say these things having taken degrees in Gerontology, thanatology, and sociology. I worked in many nursing homes where people are warehoused and nursed beyond their time to die naturally. I remember working in a Veterans home long term care facility in Colorado. I was to transfer a very elderly patient from one room to another. As I picked him up, he weighed all of 60 pounds, he pissed all over me and would not stop from screaming in his weak voice...Kill me! Kill me! He was begging for mercy. We, would not, could not, give it. And yet, we have mercy on dogs and put them out of their misery if they are in pain with no hope of recovery but humanity has not the kindness for ourselves. Medical technology is a wonderfull thing. Medical ethics is a tough subject so we know of no other direction to go and that is forward. Save a life, no matter the cost or the pain and suffering of the patient. Life is precious but conversly, so is death. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."