Scott Adams Blog: I Hope My Father Dies Soon:
November 23, 2013 - "My father, age 86, is on the final approach to the long dirt nap (to use his own phrase). His mind is 98% gone, and all he has left is hours or possibly months of hideous unpleasantness in a hospital bed. I'll spare you the details, but it's as close to a living Hell as you can get.
"If my dad were a cat, we would have put him to sleep long ago. And not once would we have looked back and thought too soon.
"Because it's not too soon. It's far too late. His smallish estate pays about $8,000 per month to keep him in this state of perpetual suffering. Rarely has money been so poorly spent.
"I'd like to proactively end his suffering and let him go out with some dignity. But my government says I can't make that decision. Neither can his doctors. So, for all practical purposes, the government is torturing my father until he dies.
"I'm a patriotic guy by nature. I love my country. But the government? Well, we just broke up."
Read more: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/i_hope_my_father_dies_soon/
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November 23, 2013 - "My father, age 86, is on the final approach to the long dirt nap (to use his own phrase). His mind is 98% gone, and all he has left is hours or possibly months of hideous unpleasantness in a hospital bed. I'll spare you the details, but it's as close to a living Hell as you can get.
"If my dad were a cat, we would have put him to sleep long ago. And not once would we have looked back and thought too soon.
"Because it's not too soon. It's far too late. His smallish estate pays about $8,000 per month to keep him in this state of perpetual suffering. Rarely has money been so poorly spent.
"I'd like to proactively end his suffering and let him go out with some dignity. But my government says I can't make that decision. Neither can his doctors. So, for all practical purposes, the government is torturing my father until he dies.
"I'm a patriotic guy by nature. I love my country. But the government? Well, we just broke up."
Read more: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/i_hope_my_father_dies_soon/
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