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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Responding to 12:38,

I also don't want to be insensitive but if Mom is unable to use a tv controller I would also question pacemaker surgery.  Anesthesia can fast track mental decline in seniors.[/quote]

This. It's a shame more of our elders weren't able to have open conversations about what they truly wanted-what was not in the legal documents. Healthy people have trouble with anesthesia sometimes. It is such a huge risk to put someone who already has cognitive decline under anesthesia that really should be done if if was their wish when cognitively OP. The sad thing is while cognitively OK most don't understand what this road is because they never experienced it with their own parents. My own parents buried their heads in the sand and figured the siblings were being dramatic when they described the nightmare. So my parents wanted everything done to stay alive, yet when unable to speak one of my parents tried so hard to communicate it was over and stop the measures-pulling every wire off and protesting when anyone corrected it.

Medical ethics needs to revisit this all and examine how humane or inhumane it is to keep doing certain procedures for those with severe cognitive decline and other areas of decline. [/quote]

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