be severely...? ...compromised or let them die?
As health care progresses, I see more & more lives saved but to what end? My son was hit by a tractor trailer when he was 18. He is now 29. He died 3 times, they asked me about organ donation, but because he had no living will and was 18, they were obligated to save his life. They removed part of his brain. He survived, but now lives in a home for brain injured people. Trapped in his mind that remembers a time when he had so many possibilities and he doesn't really understand why he can't come home - he has violent outbursts, no short term memory, cognitive issues, the list goes on. He is functional, he walks, talks and if you would meet with him and talk to him at first, you wouldn't know he is a TBI. But as the conversation wears on, it becomes evident. Because of his limitations, he cannot work. He just exists. He exists to bowl, smoke and come home for visits on holiday's. He is angry that he was on drugs and got hit. But he can't move on. He is one of the better ones.
