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My former boss did it right. At age 99 he kissed his wife goodnight and he walked upstairs to go to bed. No walker, no cane. She stayed downstairs to finish a movie. She found him an hour later and he was dead. No extended hospital stay, no pain and suffering, and sharp as a tack until the end. I had called him a few months before that, and asked for the name of a plumber he used and liked. I could not even remember the plumbers name. My old boss told me his name and his phone number right there on the spot. Amazing man.
Watching my FIL turn into an 110 pound infant was horrible. He was to the point that he had forgotten how to chew. The nursing home wanted to put in a feeding tube of course. My MIl told them no way will they do anything to extend his life. He finally did not know even how to swallow, so he died of starvation and dehydration. It is just wrong that he could not be euthanized and allowed to die with some little dignity.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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