I believe in everyone’s rights to not wanting extreme measures on keeping them alive also known as a Do Not Resuscitate order. I am strongly believe it is a right everyone should keep in mind for themselves in my mind. Anyone with this type of order signed should be respected by their loved ones when or if it comes to that time in their lives. My beliefs in respecting these orders to anyone who has signed or brought it up to their loved ones come from many personal and professional experiences in my life. One personal experience actually involved my maternal grandma. My grandma was a women of faith and attended church every Sunday. She was happily married to my grandpa and three girls, two son in laws, and six grandchildren. She was active in their church and loved to play bingo with my grandpa and her sister and brother in law every Sunday after church. She would do anything she could for anyone to help them out. She was generous and caring. In the year of 1996, my grandma was diagnosed with several diseases chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. She was also told then she probably had about a year to live. It was not till she beat the year they told her she had when she gradually became worse. In 2000 my grandma had broken her arm and was told she needed surgery and it was going to be high risk due to her oxygen. That is then when my grandma had first mention a DNR to all of us. We all were skeptical on this as grandma was young and we all felt she should …show more content…
In my experiences thought I see some who have taken extreme measures to live and what in my own opinion is that some are just existing not living at all. Do not get me wrong it is hard to accept the decision of a loved one, but respecting them should be easier then fighting and watch them deteriorate to nothing they used to
The time of life we call dying is an extremely difficult part of the life cycle, but a normal part," says palliative-care physician Ira Byock, author of Dying Well. "The nature of it isn't medical, it's experiential. " My grandfather had stage 4 lung cancer with metastatic to liver . Only palliative care advised by doctors. He was an strong personality .He loved all his grand kids too much.
Her seven grandchildren provided her with a way to still be a very helpful person before she died.
She never graduated from the third grade. Yet she's managed to travel the world, raising 6 kids and 10 grand kids and many great-grand children. Not to mention she could make the best banana pudding. I've known my sweet granny all my life. She was a nurturing soul.
“Breaking Barriers” Jackie Robinson once said “During my life, I have had a few nightmares that has happened to me while I was awake…”. It is tough having a family member that you love dearly go through so much pain. My grandfather had a stroke about 4 years ago. Ever since then he has been slowly dying. I have got through this barrier in life with persistence just like Jackie Robinson did.
She goes through the adverse situations of saving lives or telling someone’s loved ones that their family just passed away. My mom’s ability to assess the situation and save people’s lives has been shown through
I only began to understand the concept of an individual being terminally ill when my grandmother went into the hospital. I placed my hand inside of hers and stared at her emotionless face. I could only imagine the pain running through her body and the agony of not being able to vocalize a response to my ‘I love you’. Day after day she waited only anticipating her death and the pain she would feel if indeed she woke up the next day. I would have done anything to not have to see her go through the pain, and to allow her to get to her fate quicker and more comfortably.
Hospice and End-of Life – Dispelling the Misnomer While virtually everyone has heard of Hospice care, far fewer people fully understand exactly what hospice does. Of course, a big part of the Hospice mission involves easing the passing of terminally ill people who are facing impending death. For this reason, the general public often confuses a hospice referral with a death sentence. This misperception can cause a lot of problems when it comes to caring for the terminally ill.
She spent extended periods of time with her beloved great-grandchildren, teaching them all manners of hobbies and crafts. (Heifner) Although she was often ill and had several medical issues in her later years, she insisted on carrying out family traditions, such as the giving of quilts and crocheted blankets to expecting family members. (Heifner) When she passed on, she was remembered by her family as kind, caring, and fair. (Heifner)
She did have help for all of her projects, but it was her determination and capability that got the work done. My grandmother is also very compassionate and loving like Mrs. Kennedy. Just last year, during a downpour of freezing rain, my grandmother found a kitten on the tire of her truck. The kitten was close to both starving to death and freezing to death, and it’s one eye had was swollen shut and infected. My grandmother was too kind to just let die, so she took it to the vet where the kitten was treated for its infections and illnesses.
i) People have the right to die with dignity and in a humane way. ii) Some people just lose their will to live and should be supported on this matter. iii)
A durable power of attorney is enacted by a legal document which names a person of 18 years of age or older as a surrogate decision maker allowing them to make all health care decisions if a person become unable to do so (Goldberg & Bennington Jr., 2013). This individual may also make bank transactions, sign social security checks, apply for disability, or simply write checks to pay the utility bill while an individual is medically incapacitated (Nabili & Shiel Jr., 2015). A Do-Not-Resuscitate Order is A do-not-resuscitate order also known as a DNR order, is a written document in which it expresses the wish that if breathing and
The dying patient no longer has quality of life, they have lost their independence, are lonely, are forced to endure inevitable pain, are publicly humiliated, are suffering immensely, and are forced to watch their loved ones grieve because of them. It is an innate Constitutional Right to choose how to die, since we all will die. There comes a point when the poking and prodding becomes too much, when the patient wants to just die in silence in the loving arms of their
The process of dying could vary from patient to patient. Personally, speaking when my father passed away I was stunned, I had never had someone close to me pass away. All three of my siblings handled it completely different. I can see how difficult it is for families and health care providers to determine someone’s end of life care. In “The Process of Dying” By Ben A. Rich further touches on different aspects of the process of dying ranging from legal medicine and biomedical ethics.
This has helped her overcome so much heartbreak, from losing my dad, my sister, and my brother to her own health issues and through it all her faith has never been shaken. I look at my mother with nothing less than amazement. After my dad had his heart attack and could no longer work my mom never failed to provide for all her children, we didn't have a lot but we always had enough. This made me such a humble and grateful person, and I never take anything I have for granted.
In spite of the tough love, she was a very friendly woman. My mother loves working with children and telling jokes. When I was