90 year old needs a 3rd blood transfusion in a month or he'll die. He wants to die. Its your choice. What do you do?
26 Answers to "90 year old needs a 3rd blood transfusion in a month or he'll die. He wants to die. Its your choice. What do you do?"
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Respect his choice.
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^ this.Like (1)
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He can refuse the transfusions.
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I gather he is in pain and on his way out.
You might gain him a few weeks or a couple of months.
It'll be more agony.
Don't force him to keep fighting when he's decided it's his time.
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You dont have a choice, what you want doesnt matter, you must honor his wishes...
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Respect his wishes, he has lived the scores that God has given him, he sounds like he is ready but we never is ready to let go. Bless his soul.
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Very true.
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I'm sorry for what you are going through, my MOM pass away 4 months ago in her sleep, it hurt so bad to have to let go, I will be praying for you and your family your uncle is ready and my MOM was too we will always miss them, my MOM was 76 yrs and she was ready.
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Respect his choice. I would want my family to respect my choice also.
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Respect his wishes. I assume his mind is still working ok, it's just the body that is failing? If so, respect his wishes.
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Respect the man and his wishes.
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I would respect his wishes.
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NOT my choice its his choice
Yes I believe in Euthanasia but after getting 3 independent doctors reportsLike (2)
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My uncle will never get better. Only worse.
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Let him die if that's his wish. We put animals down that are sick. Why are people not offered the same option?
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I thought we were all prochoice now, so let the 90 year old decide. 90 is probably long enough to know what you want to do.
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Unless he is incompetent, allow him to refuse treatment.
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life
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My granny did that. She fell and broke her hip. While it healed she lost circulation to her left foot. The doctors told her they needed to amputate her foot. She told them she would think about it. They said if she didn't gang green would set in and she would die. She told the doctor that she came into this world with two good feet. That she had lived a good life, and was going to leave it with two feet. She was transferred to a nursing home. The next weekend all the family came. We celebrated her 98th birthday and the following Thursday she was gone. :(
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Im so sorry for your family on that. It stinks. Its my 90 year old uncle I'm dealing with now.
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I wish you the best. In the end it is their decision. Nobody says we have to like it though. Good luck!
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After seeing the movie 'Who's life is it anyway?' Starring Richard Dreyfus I will never look at this topic the same. Your life and the choice to end it is yours. If you are relatively young and in 'good health' suicide is simply a 'cop out' and you miss out on so many wonderful things you experience in life. If you are elderly and ill... you pick your own 'check out' time I figure.
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it depends on who he is to me. If he's my granfather, dad, uncle, cousin...anyone then yes, I would do it.
As for him being someone I don't know, I would have to look into it more. He probably wants to die because he knows that there's little chance that he'll make it and he's probably just burdening everyone. It's too much trouble to stay alive if you're sick at that age, so you might as well die in peace.
Honestly, I wouldn't let anyone "just die". If he simply refused to get anything done, I would let him be. If he could be talked into it, I would give him the blood.Like (1)
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Hes my uncle and he's of sound mind. We'll find out what he wants tomorrow. :(
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I think that..either way you need to both consider what he wants but he also needs to understand why you all want that. If he is in pain and feels like he's not going to get better, I know it's very VERY hard but you have to listen to him. He knows his own body and if he doesn't feel that way..well, just spend as much time with him as you can. Make that month special for him, you and the rest of that family. maybe get a reunion started, talk about good times you all had together.
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let them go, its the right thing to do
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Blood transfusion.are against some religions so I would respect his choice..
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Not in my family. He's already had 2 transfusions in the past month.
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He is 90.... I think. He most defintly has earned the right to make his own choice...I'm sorry that u are going thru this...I'm sure its easy for one.to.say let him.go ...from the outside lookin in...bt it must be the hardest thing ever to actually do it...sending u much love
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Posted by MikeWinther Jan 10th, 2013 at 9:12PM
If I was the 90 year old I would hope people respect my choice
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Reply by Shedevil5924 Jan 10th, 2013 at 9:20PM
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Reply by MikeWinther Jan 10th, 2013 at 9:22PM
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