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Originally posted by bilmore
This was a hotly contested case, insofar as determining her "wishes" goes. Her parents obviously don't accept her husband's testimony. I think this is understandable. I doubt I would still think that in the presence of a DPOA.
There's a lot of comfort derived by people here in the following of the checklists. I think it's a nice easy way to not think of the underlying subject. Why not simply hand her over to her parents and walk away?
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The testimony on her wishes didn't seem very clear to me either. On the other hand, RT is right when she says, "what she would have wanted" has already been looked at over and over. I think this case is unusual b/c if the wife so clearly told hubby what she wanted, hubby did not stop her treatments (and was advocating for them) even when the medical evidence was clear she was in the state she is in now. Everyone including the parents got used to caring for her and treating her and the wife certainly got used to being fed and watered (at least her body that is). The decision was made to keep feeding and watering her and some (including me) don't think its wise or right to change course at a certain point. I think the husband believes in what he is doing but let too much time go by (yes, I'm aware that's he's been fighting to stop treatment for a while; I'm talking about before that). One poster on here (the donut eater who finds me annoying**) said "her wishes as to how she wants the end of her life to be aren't really pertinent while there is reasonable hope of recovery." Fine, but the point is that her supposed wishes weren't taken into account even when THERE WAS NO reasonable hope of recovery.
**I am not assuming there is only one poster on here who enjoys donuts and finds me annoying too.
