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Originally Posted by Schaumburger
During the last year of my mom's life, one of the people at the dialysis center told my dad that if he stopped my mom's dialysis, that would be an alternative. I was rather taken aback that a dialysis center staff member would suggest that. My father didn't take that route as he could not have lived with himself. I agree that this is a very complex and emotional issue.
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I believe that information by the staff member was wrong. It would never be the decision of a spouse. The decision would be with the person receiving the dialysis. There was an article about this in The Wall Street Journal several years ago. It said that it's not uncommon for elderly people to eventually stop their dialysis.
My aunt stopped her dialysis after she was told that her brain cancer came back and was inoperable.