tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post968827151432425915..comments2024-03-28T13:26:59.030-04:00Comments on Euthanasia Prevention Coalition: A patient's journey: If we jumped on the death train, that man would have died.Alex Schadenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649977828342637842noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-91653458212432184972020-11-25T23:39:13.990-05:002020-11-25T23:39:13.990-05:00What a beautiful story of how love changes the cou...What a beautiful story of how love changes the course of these people lives.We forget that when someone terminates their life it causes such pain for those who are left behind .No one should die before their time each person is valuable .Why are we not fighting to save lives rather than fighting to end them.It is so encouraging to here how your love for these people gave them a desire to embrace life as long as they could.thank you for caring and thank you for sharing .Our Heavenly Father loves each of us let us love one anotherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-17147638465752068402020-11-25T14:57:32.916-05:002020-11-25T14:57:32.916-05:00A good story and so true. We all matter to someon...A good story and so true. We all matter to someone!<br />Margaretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-53759915890863374912020-11-25T14:44:30.556-05:002020-11-25T14:44:30.556-05:00I have a similar story. My mother was diagnosed w...I have a similar story. My mother was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. She was 82 years old and didn't want any treatments. She asked for MAiD which, in April of 2016 was not legal. So she went home and received in-home support. By September her pain levels increased, she went into a profound depression and was admitted to Surrey Hospital. The doctors there were wonderful, got her pain under control and she came out of her depression. She was admitted to Laurel Place Hospice and spent the next 6 weeks in a quiet, supportive environment, a spacious room all her own. Our family, and friends and neighbours visited daily. I started a Visitor's Log, which is so precious to me now, wherein we all shared how the visit had gone. Maybe she slept peacefully, maybe she was awake and talkative. Everyone was able to spend precious moments with her. When she passed on October 2016, by natural means, we were able to gather as a family and know that God had called her home. Without the Hospice experience, she would have died a depressed and angry woman. I am so thankful to Laurel Place and their caring, compassionate staff!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01208210372030908978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216787076261944467.post-75335533128229549482020-11-25T13:43:35.620-05:002020-11-25T13:43:35.620-05:00A very beautiful story. All our lives are importan...A very beautiful story. All our lives are important. I accompanied my friend who had rectal cancer. During her pallitive care she was offered euthanasia. If it hadn't been for myself and another friend who visited her everyday, she might have accepted this death. Instead she died naturally a short time later. We were present at her death, when she lifted her head and her hand toward someone she saw coming to accompany her on her voyage into the afterlfe.jeff f.noreply@blogger.com