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DavidDvorkin

(19,473 posts) Sun Jan 27, 2013, 08:35 PM Jan 2013

Ariel Sharon: Israeli ex-PM in coma 'has brain activity'

Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who has been in a coma for seven years, has shown significant signs of brain activity, doctors say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21225929

Bibi better watch out!

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Ariel Sharon: Israeli ex-PM in coma 'has brain activity' (Original Post) DavidDvorkin Jan 2013 OP

i can't believe they have kept him like that for so long JI7 Jan 2013 #1

I can't either. I'm elderly and have made it known loud and clear to virgogal Jan 2013 #3

Why don't they let that poor man die. This is sick. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #2

JI7

(89,247 posts)

1. i can't believe they have kept him like that for so long

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 08:41 PM

Jan 2013

let the man die and be at peace.

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

3. I can't either. I'm elderly and have made it known loud and clear to

Reply to JI7 (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 08:59 PM

Jan 2013

my kids that I don't want ONE day on tube feeding,help with breathing etc.

My health care proxy (a son) is well aware of this.

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

2. Why don't they let that poor man die. This is sick.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sun Jan 27, 2013, 08:45 PM

Jan 2013

My mom had lots of little strokes after the big one, gradually lost all her physical and mental faculties. We put her on hospice. NO HEROICS. If she can't eat and can't drink on her own, NO TUBES. We gave her happy drugs and she took a few days but she passed quietly.

I am not religious, but if there's a God, he/she doesn't want people kept alive like this when he/she has clearly decided to shut things down.

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