Another death question...

Hope is always there may be the person will become allright, so I do not think i can pull of the plug.

This is a very sensitive issue because it involves life. In my opinion, it is the patient's decision. If the patient is in a coma (or will surely come out of the ailment like a 'vegetable'), for example, then the next of kin should decide for the patient. There are many factors involved here. Aside from the life issue, there's the economics. Thousands are being spent per day for life support and if it's bleeding the family dry, and the patient decides just to be let go, then I think it's okay to pull the plug. This should only happen if the family has REALLY tried to sustain the patient's life, but with everything that has been done, and still it's not to end with the slightest bit of hope, then for me euthanasia is acceptable. Just my opinion.

well, for me i will never do it even though the person requested me to pull the plug... i think as long as the perosn is still breathing, there is still hope and we have to keep on fighting for that person's life regardless of what... also, from religious side, i believe that life is given by God and He is the only one who has the right to take it away in His time... we human beings do not have the right to do that... that's my opinion...

I would pull the plug, unless that person had specifically told me they wouldn't want me to in such a situation. I wouldn't want to live like that and I really wouldn't want to have to watch someone else live that way. Although it would be a tough decision to have to make. I agree with you, I too would want my loved ones to remember me and let me go in peace. I think it would be wrong for someone to go against their loved ones wishes and keep them living in that manner.

I would hope that if I were close enough to the person to be making the decision, I'd already know how THEY would feel about it.

I think that it really depends on the person. For myself, I know that I have kind of a dual request: if there is any chance of my recovery, any experiemental surgery, any way that "I" am still in there somewhere, then I want my family to go for it. If, on the other hand, I'm just a shell, then I just want to be kept alive long enough for my husband and kids (if I have any by then) to feel like they can let me go. That being said, I know my mom wants the plug pulled ASAP. I think some people are really scared of the idea of a coma.

I feel there is always hope, I don't ever want to be in the position to make this descision. I don't know if I could do it even if that's what the person wanted. If it was me, well pull the plug if you feel it's hopeless. But don't put me in a position where I have to decide. I just couldn't let them go, I'm sure of it.

My husband and I have talked of this often he told me he didn't want to be kept on machines. He also told me he would haunt if I kept him on the machines. I couldn't resist explaining to him he couldn't haunt me until he passed so it was a poor arguement. I couldn't decided for myself. I do too much "what if.." to make a decision. What if you can feel yourself starving.. etc. So I haven't left any instructions for him and suppose he will have to do what he thinks is right.

my husband had to make that desion with his father a few years ago. it was not an easy thing for him to do we found his father at his home in the chair and he was having a ceziure we are not sure for how long.. well he had a heart attack while on the way to the hospital. they couldnt give him blood thinner for the clot on his brian and couldnt do heart surgery because of the clot on his brian he was really left with no other choice . he didnt want to his father like that and suffer any more than he already had.

I totally agree. My husband and I both agreed to each other that if we were ever in that state, to pull the plug. I don't want anyone to see me like that and I don't want to live like that. Your just proloning the inevitable.

I simply can't take anybody's life. no matter what. especially in this case, if it would have been someone close to me i would have prayed non-stop to the good Lord for long life. i could have waited for a miracle to happen but never give-up.

after the terri shrivo case in florida I have done a lot of thinking on this one no i would not ever pull the plud (what if a cure was found the next day)I am a great believer in god who gives life nad I feel only he says when it is over !

I agree with you. If there was no hope for them I would reluctantly switch it off.

I've thought about that before. If there was just a little bit of hope that my loved one would pull through, I wouldn't do it. I think I'd overwhelm myself with ''what if's?'' for the rest of my life.

I will pull-out the plug and let them go.

There are two things that can be done that if there is hope the fight should not be given up else if the person is suffering from extreme pain and problems then the plug should be pulled out and instead of making the poor soul suffer it should be set free from suffering.

no ,i have no idea

My husband and I have talked about it.. We would want to pull the plug... Yes it's hard to do.. But if the person isnt going to make it why keep them alive? Is it for your own piece of mind, because you can't let them go? I was there when my grandpa was dying... He wasn't on life support.. He was 95 years old. He was in a coma like state. My mother told him that she was going to be ok without him.. And to go see momma.. But he was still hanging on.. He was waiting for his nurse to come on.. And we told him that he was off today and then afew minutes later he was gone... He was alert the night before talking to the other nurses and then he slipped back into that coma state...

I would want to follow that person's wishes. I would not want to remain in a vegitative state but I cannot speak for others. The problem is leaving that descision to someone else. Euthanasia is allowed in Europe and there have been horror stories about doctors threatening difficult patients or technicians getting the orders mixed up.

i don't believe in that s$#*t: pull the plug because you can take his/hers pain away. no one has the right to take anybody life away it should happen by nature. have FAITH and who knows... God is with you and if ask for help and pray He will give it to you. i wish u the best to u and u're ill freind...