stienman said:There are only 24 hours in the day.
WHY ARE THERE ONLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY!?!?!
Oh well. At least I got to spend a few of them with my family today.
Feh. 24 hours.
-Adam
Because there are only 24 bottles in a case of beer. Invent a 28-bottle beer case, and you'll make millions!
Egh. I'm lucky they don't look at it like that here. My grandmother has a DNR agreement as well (and a euthanasia-in-case-of-whatever one), and they still treat her for anything they can - they simply don't come up with the very hard and painful grueling operations that might or might not increase her life by 2 weeks for 3 months of pain anymore. Pretty happy about it.stienman said:Also, to the stupid doctors and nurses at the hospital:
A DNR does NOT mean ignore basic or essential care! Stupid idiots let grandma cough for 4 hours with food stuck in her throat - the best they could offer was the nurse saying, "Poor dear!" and patting her hand. Only after a sufficient stink was raised did they force a gag reflex where she finally dislodged it all and had relief.
:grrr:
They've moved her from ICU to a stroke ward, but the doctors there are all nuerosurgeons, and aren't taking care of her diabetes, allowing her to take other medications (benadryl for allergies - she's scratching herself to distraction), etc, etc, etc.
I now realize that as far as they're concerned, and DNR means, "Don't do anything except hospice care, period." For some reason I was under the mistaken impression that it was more finely defined than that - do everything to extend life except in the case of heart or lung failure. (ie, no CPR)
My mother in law has now had to go through two parent's dying with DNRs and she's convinced that they are worse than the alternative. I'm quickly coming to that conclusion myself...
-Adam