tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post5161748851189544804..comments2023-09-18T08:44:40.951-05:00Comments on faith in community: Intensive CareDiane M. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749136181846671327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-69995465167355778272009-09-07T17:27:11.631-05:002009-09-07T17:27:11.631-05:00So cogent, so insightful. Thank you.So cogent, so insightful. Thank you.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-57016292136183517262009-09-05T23:56:07.060-05:002009-09-05T23:56:07.060-05:00Indeed.Indeed.Barbara B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02645311082295646375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-35937952902527052252009-09-05T11:00:37.172-05:002009-09-05T11:00:37.172-05:00Yes it is.
Well said.Yes it is.<br /><br />Well said.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785984092226524603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-43016687270545316162009-09-04T21:29:47.774-05:002009-09-04T21:29:47.774-05:00In the community I serve these are daily, hourly, ...In the community I serve these are daily, hourly, topics of conversation and situations we face - parshioners and clergy alike.<br /><br />I just told my daughter - when I get too old, just give me a canoe and a paddle and I'll head off up the river saying, "I love you, it's been a good long life"...like the American Indians have done....I don't want the surgeries or the meds or the nursing homes....nor the strain on my kids.<br /><br />I know. naive....over-simplification....but that's me.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667178624061122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-35849003908831886052009-09-04T20:50:45.823-05:002009-09-04T20:50:45.823-05:00(o)(o)DogBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188110384649189032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-84401908059968860812009-09-04T19:33:46.395-05:002009-09-04T19:33:46.395-05:00It is a spiritual crisis and a big one.
Wow Diane...It is a spiritual crisis and a big one.<br /><br />Wow Diane, you really nailed it with this post. <br /><br />We think we can control it all - both from the perspective of those who speed their own death to those who think it will be sped up. Lord have mercy on us all.<br /><br />As you know Diane, I have done funeral ministry and I love it. And I also watched my mother die, a moment that, sad as it was, was a gift.<br /><br />We are so lost as a nation.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086978161944568008.post-34468772818043418702009-09-04T16:58:10.541-05:002009-09-04T16:58:10.541-05:00Nice essay, in that it covers many sides of this i...Nice essay, in that it covers many sides of this issue. Maybe we have to get past thinking about the physical stuff to finally get to the spiritual stuff. And all the pressure to do this or that and all the tubes just get in the way. <br /><br />Grrrrrr on the public debate about discussing the end of life things with the doctor. Two years ago, husband and I did a new will and the power of attorney papers, and the papers about what we want and don't want. I can tell you bluntly that the paper (standard form from the state lawyers group) that the lawyer gave us was pretty bad. It was written by lawyers, not medical people. A person does need these things explained to them. We did go over this with a doctor and changed things to our own wording and choices.<br /><br />The problem is that most of us never see death, except in the movies. And a movie death is a person getting shot, then their eyes roll back, then they die. But real life and real death isn't like that. There are stages and lingerings, going in and out of consciousness. <br /><br />One of the greatest gifts given to my mother-in-law when Father-in-law died was the hospice nurse talking to her about what death would be like. She had realistic expectations. <br /><br />My son was in intensive care for 21 days when he was 1 1/2. I had never lived in that type of uncertainty before. The medical people liked working with him because, although they couldn't guarantee that he would recover, they did know that if he recovered from the infection, he would be normal. Most of the other pediatric patients had conditions that would prevent a normal life, no matter how much better they eventually got. That month was quite an education.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.com