[Rhodes22-list] Living will. (new form)

[Peter Thorn]

Thanks for the post Rummy- very good!   Let's keep those nut cases out of
our private stuff.

Now, let's get ready to watch CBS.  Go Heels!

PT


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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Living will. (new form)


>
> Living  Will
>
>
>
> I, _________________________ (fill in the  blank), being of sound mind and
> body, unequivocally declare that in the event of  a catastrophic injury, I
do
> not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial  means. I hereby
instruct
> my loved ones and relatives to remove all life-support  systems, once it
has
> been determined that my brain is longer functioning in a  cognizant realm.
> However, that judgment should be made only after thorough  consultation
with
> medical experts; i.e., individuals who actually have been  trained,
educated and
> certified as doctors.
>
> Under no circumstances -- and I can't  state this too strongly -- should
my
> fate be put in the hands of peckerwood  politicians who couldn't pass
> ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it.  Furthermore, it is my
firm hope
> that, when the time comes, any discussion about  terminating my medical
treatment
> should remain private and  confidential.
>
> Living in Florida, however, I am acutely aware that the  legislative and
> executive branches of state government are fond of meddling in  family
matters,
> and have little concern for the privacy and dignity of  individuals.
>
> Therefore, I wish to make my views on this subject as clear  and
unambiguous
> as possible. Recognizing that some politicians seem cerebrally  challenged
> themselves (and with no medical excuse), I'll try to keep this simple  and
to the
> point:
>
> 1. While remaining sensitive to the feelings of loved  ones who might
cling
> to hope for my recovery, let me state that if a reasonable  amount of time
> passes ! -- say, ____ (fill in the blank) months -- and I fail to  sit sit
up and
> ask for a cold beer, it should be presumed that I won't ever get  better.
When
> such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my spouse,  children
and
> attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call  it a
day.
>
> 2. Under no circumstances shall the members of the Legislature  enact a
> special law to keep me on life-support machinery. It is my wish that
these
> boneheads mind their own damn business, and pay attention instead to the
health,
> education and future of the millions of Floridians who aren't in a
permanent
> coma.
>
> 3. Under no circumstances shall the governor of Florida butt into this
case
> and order my doctors  to put a feeding tube down my throat or through a
hole
> into my abdomen to  keep me alive. I don't care how many fundamentalist
votes
> he's trying to  scrounge for his run for the presidency in 2008, it is my
wish
> that he plays  politics with someone else's life and leaves me to die in
peace.
>
> 4. I  couldn't care less if a hundred religious zealots send e-mails to
> legislators in  which they pretend to care about me. I don't know these
people, and
> I certainly  haven't authorized them to preach and crusade on my behalf.
They
> should mind  their own business, too.
>
> 5. It is my heartfelt wish to expire quietly and  without a public
spectacle.
> This is obviously impossible once elected officials  become involved. So,
> while recognizing the wrenching emotions that attend the  prolonged death
of a
> loved one, I hereby instruct my relatives to settle all  disagreements
about my
> care in private or in the courts, as provided by law. If  any of my family
> goes against my wishes and turns my case into a political  cause, I hereby
> promise to come back from the grave and make his or her  existence a
living Hell
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