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Re: EUTHINASIA
I too, watched my father die a terrible death from lung cancer......I admitted him to the ward where he was being cared for...... and care was exactly the right word for it..... all the staff looked after him as if he were their Dad, but he knew what the diagnosis was and just gave up...... the last 10 days of his life were pitiful and I wished for him to die every night..... he could not breathe so he could not eat or drink with any degree of comfort ...... he could not walk across the room because he had not enough breath...... he could not lie down. What joy was there in his life during this time????? None at all, and he was afraid to go to sleep in case he didn't wake up. If I were to keep an animal in those conditions you could bet I could be prosecuted, yet it was considered OK to keep my lovely old Dad alive. It would have been far kinder to end his suffering. I hope if ever I am unfortunate enough to be in such a condition that someone in my family will take pity on me.
I am glad that Margaret Blackburn had such a loving husband who put an end to her suffering and I would praise the judge for his compassion towards Mr Blackburn.
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