Anna1111 wrote:
I don't have any desire to fight with anyone - least of all you, Lisa ((Hugs))
If you are confident that your view on this is the same as Christ's, what can I say?
I've had several loved ones die in hospital & deal with ventilators, and I am aware of the tremendous pressure put on families by hospital staff, when the families are not told the truth about what is going on (as in the case of the original article here). In our case, with one family member, we were told, "You don't have any choice about whether we unplug her or not!" I think it bears some substantial research when you're not in that situation, so that you can be fully prepared and at peace with God about the decisions you make if the time arises. Personally, I found the book "When is it Right to Die" by Joni Erickson Tada very helpful.
http://www.amazon.com/When-Right-Die-Eu ... 0756786894While ds's death is still too raw to read something like Joni's book, the gall of any hospital staff telling a family they have no choice -
It's difficult enuf without that garbage going on. I will say that ds's doctor, nor the hospital, acted in that manner. They were surprised when we said to pull the plug. They didn't try to talk us out of it but they did suggest alternatives. We all felt it was what should happen. Occasionally I find myself doubting and hoping we did the right thing but truly, not one of us felt we should prolong it.
I don't believe "science" knows the answers. I believe the best science agrees with the Word of God. They are continually changing their minds about things. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the future, "science" figured out that it wasn't the brain in control after all!
DNA may hold key evidence but I doubt I'll see anything different in my life time.
I am pretty skeptical about anything "science" teaches. Agendas run everything. But, in the end, I believe that God knows our motives and our hearts and our minds as well as the hairs on our heads. I saw my son and I believe *he* was gone. And, the hospital did wait until his heart stopped. They stopped their intervention and it took several hours before his heart stopped.
Ok - I finally read the link. "The SWAT team had their own doctors and when they entered into the critical care room, they saw that my client’s son was not brain dead because he was making eye contact (and) was following their commands,” the family’s lawyer Phoebe Smith told RT. "They were completely amazed."
Excuse me? THE SWAT TEAM!? That is wrong on SO many levels!
He was IMPRISONED for trying to protect his son?! Inconceivable.
I don't believe this can be legislated, tho'. I think every case is individual.