Summary
In the two weeks before she died of cancer that had spread throughout her body, Jim Brethour's mother couldn't get out of bed, speak, eat or, finally, even drink.
Brethour and his father decided against using extraordinary measures that might have kept her alive a little longer, although she had never signed a living will. "You have this feeling that you're killing her. But you know in your head and your heart that you can't make her better, and keeping her alive is selfish," he said.See the full content of this document
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Pain of the Schiavo Case Hits Close to Home
The pain of his mother's death in February was still fresh in Brethour's mind when Michael Schiavo won permission to remove the feeding tube that has kept his wife, Terri, alive for more than 15 years. When some readers attacked the Florida man on The New Mexican's Web site, their words struck a nerve with Brethour. "Not providing (further medical intervention) is NOT suicide or murder. Providing those services amounts to nothing less than torture," he wrote.
Brethour said he found Michael Schiavo's desires to be "noble." "God's will would have ended Terri's life 15 ye...See the full content of this document
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