If your spouce was on there death bed.............
By Magikrose
@magikrose (5429)
United States
April 10, 2007 8:53am CST
and there was NO possible way of recovery no matter what the out come would you truly be able to tell the doctor to pull the plug? Think about it. If your spouce could not survive on there own and had to have machines keeping them alive would you have the streingth to tell the doctor that enough is enough and sign the papers giving them permission to turn off the machines and leave it in the hands of a higher being?
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12 responses
@tigerdragon (4297)
• Philippines
16 Apr 07
a big yes! my mom and i just made that choice 4 months ago for my dad's condition. he was alive for a week then went on his way to the other side.once you see a condition like that and you see that he is in pain rather than making him at ease , you would also make that choice to relieve him of the burden.we do not have the right to hurt our love ones.
@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
11 Apr 07
Pull that plug! We have had the conversation about this in great depth. I expect he will pull the plug for me too. I don't want to live if my quality of life is that low. Take me off the machines and allow me to die. I would give him the same respect too and turn those machines off. For me it would be an easy decision as we had the talk.
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
11 Apr 07
Yes. My partner and I have already talked about this and this is something that he would want. He would not want to be kept alive by only machines.
He would want to be able to move on.
So, I would have the strength to do so because that is his wish.
@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
11 Apr 07
My husband and I have talked in depth about this and neither one of us would want to live like that, because it isn't living at all.
As hard as it would be, I would let him go, I wouldn't want him to suffer like that.
I would tell the doctor to pull the plug.
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
11 Apr 07
I think in an instance like that, his/her quality of life would be my first thoughts. If there was absolutely no recovery or any quality of life for him, I would certainly pull the plug regardless of my personal feelings. I would rather my husband be at peace than stay trapped in a body for my own selfish reasons. I think love extends to that as well.
@minki_malink (83)
• New Zealand
11 Apr 07
Bleurgh, I don't know. I have to say I'd probably keep them alive, at least for a little while.
@recycledgoth (9894)
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10 Apr 07
My partner has mentioned this to me on occasion, and I have said the same thing to him. Neither of us would want to remain as a vegetable, relying on machines that could be better used for someone else. However heartbreaking it would be, yes I would sign the papers
@mememama (3076)
• United States
11 Apr 07
Yes, we would pull the plug. We have already discussed with each other that we don't want to be vegetables hooked up to a machine. This is one of the conversations that couples need to have just in case this situation arises. I've witnessed a few terminally ill relatives die, there was such a peace knowing they were no longer in pain.
@mrsbrian (1949)
• United States
10 Apr 07
After working in a nursing home for many years and watching how familys can suffer,yes i could direct the dr to pull the plug.I would not want to live that way as i know my husband would no either. Its a tuff decision but if I have the plug pulled than its in gods hand what comes next.
@motherof35108 (192)
• United States
10 Apr 07
that is really hard to decide because i do not think that i could do that only because i would feel like i am killing someone and would be committing a crime that will be agianst gods eyes. to tell the truth i believe in letting god make the decision for you and the person on the machines. if you believe in god then he wil guide you to the right answer.
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
10 Apr 07
My husband asked for me to pull the plug if he got into that situation, so that's what I would do. It would stink, but he wouldn't want to live his life as a vegetable in a hospital bed. I would respect his wishes and pull the plug. It would kill me, but I would do it for him.
