tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050294586108344963.post3066580824651189249..comments2023-05-29T09:37:20.581-05:00Comments on Trauma Bay: Airway, Blog...: That's MeTyrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06274875231456958701noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050294586108344963.post-73387455472081785772007-03-07T15:28:00.000-06:002007-03-07T15:28:00.000-06:00Wow. My thoughts are with you and your father. T...Wow. My thoughts are with you and your father. Thanks for posting.Tyrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06274875231456958701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050294586108344963.post-86271067711292154732007-03-07T13:42:00.000-06:002007-03-07T13:42:00.000-06:00Aaron,I see the amazing truth of medical conflict ...Aaron,<BR/><BR/>I see the amazing truth of medical conflict arising between the unfairness of diseases which come out of the blue to people like you and me.<BR/>It can hit anyone out of a second notice and it may be nothing left of the human it once was. No medical treatment will accomplish miracles, though I have watched some in my nursing career in Germany. The hardest part for human beings is to consider thinking about these issues while they are young and make provisions while they can. A living will is one of them where you do decide that you don't want to be hooked up on machines which keep you alive for a long time and with agony. And agony it is. <BR/>I can tell you, as my father is presently in a hospital being researched on how to prolong his life within the end-stages of liver cirrhosis (contracted through missionary work in Africa for 25 years). He was today probed for four hours, laid on one of these hard mats, was in three hospitals for the last four weeks, has every two days 1-2.5 gallons of water extracted out of his abdomen, and tonight he called and just wished to come home to die in peace as he had enough from all the technology. Sadly enough he had not made a living will, only a paper if he would loose his faculties who would make the decisions for him. So maybe the examples you state, should make some people think who these patients feel inside of their bodies: trapped, unable to do anything anymore, and without technology they would pass away peacefully to our maker.<BR/><BR/>Liz Jorgensen - March 7, 2007 - Biggs, CaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050294586108344963.post-15888858337543667822007-03-07T11:02:00.000-06:002007-03-07T11:02:00.000-06:00Hey Aaron, you sure can write. And I read a lot o...Hey Aaron, you sure can write. And I read a lot of stuff too. Thanks for doing this blog stuff. MomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com