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I absolutley agree that eveyrone has a right to die with dignity, to the point that I support assisted suicide for terminal patients, mentally competent to make the decision When I did my Living Trust I did perfectly fine with what was to happen at my death. It was when the attorney wanted to cover my wishes in the event that I was unable to decide about life support. who would make the decisions, etc. that I got pretty freaked out. That scares me more than dying.
That said, I think 3 weeks is still probably a relatively short time to decide to let your 21 year old daughter go. No disprespect to anyone who had to make that decision with a parent or sibling, I know that is awful, but at least we all sort of "know" that we could be in that position with them. I don't think anyone imagines that decision with a child, grandchild, niece whatever.
I have never liked Bobby Brown and, quite frankly, am not impressed with anyone I've seen within the Houston family, aside from respect for Whitney's immense talent which she squandered for drugs.
However, I have to cut the surviving family some slack on this. I can totally understand that it may take them a bit more time to come to terms with this.
"When they told me my mother was dead after her open heart surgery, I asked if they could put her back on the heart/lung machine. (no) I would have done anything, anything to have her still with me, even as a nearly lifeless pet. I was not ready to let go but the decision was out of my hands. I understand if Bobby feels that he can't lose his daughter. It's quite possible that he simply loves her. "
First of all, gracenote, my condolences for your loss. And thank you for your honestly in writing this.
I don't know how long it has been since your mother passed, but could you please comment about how you feel now about keeping a loved one on machines as "an almost lifeless pet"? I wonder what you would have to say to the Brown family if you had the opportunity to talk with them.
IMO each of us has the right to live and the right to die with dignity. Keeping someone hooked up to various machines with a body that has ceased to function is really not very respectful of that loved one, IMO.
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I agree about Dr. Gupta. When he first started I really respected him and watched for his reports. But nowadays, he has been "media-ized".
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Another peeve of mine: The National Enquirer bashing that goes on. Yet everyone reads their articles, don't they? In this case they have presented an exclusive interview with someone who brought forth relevant information about this case. They are well known for vetting their sources pretty thoroughly, including administering lie detector tests at times. (I don't know that they did that for this story, but they have done it for other stories and have included the information within the story that the person passed the lie detector test.)
NE has been accurate with many, many of their stories over the years. Do I believe every single thing they say is gospel truth? No, not always. But I don't think it is because they want to print lies, I think it is due to faulty source information.
I absolutley agree that eveyrone has a right to die with dignity, to the point that I support assisted suicide for terminal patients, mentally competent to make the decision When I did my Living Trust I did perfectly fine with what was to happen at my death. It was when the attorney wanted to cover my wishes in the event that I was unable to decide about life support. who would make the decisions, etc. that I got pretty freaked out. That scares me more than dying.
That said, I think 3 weeks is still probably a relatively short time to decide to let your 21 year old daughter go. No disprespect to anyone who had to make that decision with a parent or sibling, I know that is awful, but at least we all sort of "know" that we could be in that position with them. I don't think anyone imagines that decision with a child, grandchild, niece whatever.
I have never liked Bobby Brown and, quite frankly, am not impressed with anyone I've seen within the Houston family, aside from respect for Whitney's immense talent which she squandered for drugs.
However, I have to cut the surviving family some slack on this. I can totally understand that it may take them a bit more time to come to terms with this.