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Originally Posted by Pragmatist
Well, you bring up another issue as to why health care costs so much. We do whatever is necessary to keep someone alive a few more hours, days, etc. when sometimes the right thing is just to let them go. If I needed a major operation or transplant and couldn't afford it, I would pray that God would heal me or He could choose to take me home.
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Originally Posted by scotty
Excellent point!!!!!!
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What makes you think those 18,000 a year that die were not ready?! You could have all the medical care in the world around you but if God is ready to take you home, guess what?? Your gone brother!
That works in reverse also, you can put a gun to your head and pull the trigger and if it's not Gods will all your gonna get out of it is a couple nights in the hospital and a migrain.!!
How many cases a year are there when something tradgic happens and people walk away from what others have died from.
There is an old saying "If the good Lords willing and the creek don't rise"
Your spending all your time and effort fighting to keep the creek from rising when the bottom line is, If the good Lord is willing it anin't gonna amount to a hill of beans what the creek does..
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My mother, Joyce Arlene Hall, had a heart attack in July of 2007. She was in the hospital for a week and on Friday July 7th her heart began to go into abnormal rhythms. They had to restart it periodically to keep her alive. Being her only son I had to decide when it was time to cease all efforts to save her life and allow her to die. They resuscitated her about 5 times that evening. The doctors said her heart could stabilize but with every episode it was less likely. After calling us in to discuss her condition I had to convince my family that it was time to let her go. Convincing my grandmother that we had to let my mother go was perhaps the hardest thing I’d ever done. We wanted to hold out for a miracle. I also didn’t feel peace with deciding to let her go without the entire family being in agreement. This is a very difficult situation for families. I do not see any justification for condemning families for holding on a few extra days or hours to see if their loved one recovers.
As for the 18,000 that die a year. There are many, many families that have filed lawsuits and have even stood before congress testifying as to how doctors stated that a procedure could save the lives of their loved ones, but to ensure profitability the insurance companies denied them coverage.
I’m not a Calvinist. I cannot look at hardship and say, “Tis God’s will.”
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