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July 20, 2003
Death and Suffering
My stepmother's mom passed away today. My dad usually makes his weekly phone call to me from Thailand and we talk about the usual. "How's work, how's school, how's Kris, how's the economy," in no certain order. My grandmother has been sick for awhile and my dad even brought it up. She had been on a breathing machine for awhile and after I asked about it, I was reminded how my grandfather was hooked up to life support systems until his heart just gave up. We're talking 2-3 years at least.
See the double-edged sword my family deals with is that in Thailand, we have easy access to health care. My father is a director at a hospital, my uncle is the CEO of another and most of my family is made up of physicians. All I could muster up on the phone call was a subtle comment of, "Faced with tough decisions huh?" People shouldn't suffer but as they progressively get worse, it's harder and harder to draw the line.
For some reason or another, I know my grandmother didn't suffer much.
Posted by beamz at July 20, 2003 11:23 PM
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