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The worse moment in my life was when I told the medical staff to discontinue my husband's life support.  I could hardly say the words, and had to whisper them. He was 47 yo, and we had a 9 and 10 year waiting at home for dad.  It was the only decision I could make, as I didn't want him to die a slow terrible death. If I didn't, he would have been discharged to a nursing home.  There he would have slowly suffocated for 4-8 weeks until pneumonia filled his lungs with fluid.  And the final outcome? He still would have died.  So I did what I hope someone will do for me someday, and that is no feeding tube and to die a peaceful death while in family's arms. My husband was an organ donor.  There are several people still alive today because of his death and our family's decision. The terrible tragedy of Terri would have been avoided had a feeding tube NOT been inserted in the first place. This dilema has been made available by the advances in health...
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