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nucleophilicattack t1_j4wvql6 wrote

Prolonging suffering in family members seems to occur most often in uneducated families in my experience. We try and explain the statistics, the likely outcome, but for some reason family members always think paw paw “is a fighter” and “miracles happen” so their neurologically devastated family member will DEFINITELY pull through this unscathed.

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New-Negotiation7234 t1_j4ynmtv wrote

“We believe in miracles”. Your family member has zero quality of live, is brain damaged, can’t breath on their own, has tubes stuck in them, can’t eat but yeah let’s keep waiting on that miracle

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