In 1983, my Grandmother, Dad and Aunts were faced with the prospect of
having to decide whether to continue providing ventilator support for
my Grandfather.  He'd had heart surgery, and got a rare (1:1000)
complication that was destroying his lungs.  He was put on the vent,
but didn't respond to treatment for the condition, so the surgeon
asked my family what they wanted to do.  The decision was eventually
made (after about a day) to remove the vent.  He died relatively
peacefully within 20 minutes.

This case is differernt, in that the parents are being told that they
must do this to preserve scarce resources.



On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It is a very good question
>
> Medicine has evolved to such an extent to extend life
>
> The question becomes
>
>  once someone  initiates ANY artifical life saving modern drugs // or what
> have you
>
>
>
> Who thinks they are god because  this soul in this young mans body is too
> expensive to maintain?.
>
>  One is then commited to allow the life to continue no human pulling any
> plugs
>
> =====================
>
> With that: it is profound and scary
>
> And this is where a dayan is critical ly necessary
>
>
> m
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> Subject: Re: FW: UPDATE ON CASE INVOLVING REMOVAL OF FRUM BOY FROM LIFE
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> i'm only asking to understand; what used to happen before we invented oxygen
> and respirators?
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