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Old 04-19-2025, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by thelegges View Post
There is a simple solution. Your spouse doesn’t want to be resuscitated. Once no pulse is detected, sit with your loved one, honor their wishes. Retrieving any paperwork, no matter the state.

Then call 911, it can be hard to not honor wishes but it’s still the choice of the person still breathing, not the one who can no longer respond.
Almost never are these situations simple. That's one of the primary problems -- people think they are! They seem to be expecting a situation of absoluteness to be before them and that everyone in the family is clear about it. Most of the time, it is NO and NO.

I offer more detail in Post #23. I have more to share but, haven't decided if it's worth the time to write it because I'm not sure whether readers actually value it.