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Someone asked how can a husband look for her death if he's acting in a loving manner?
My husband would do the same thing as Michael Shiavo is- hold out for as long as is reasonable to hope for recovery, and if recovery is impossible, then to make sure I die. He'd probably be just as demonized for it, but he knows what I want.
"Netherlands (apparently) no longer need consent for assisted suicide" -
Ok that's a problem. The person *must* consent. My biggest fear is that I will wind up with something debilitating, and be unable to say that I want out.
"It took Michael S. seven years to 'remember' she didn't want to live like this."
I'm sure it took some time to come to terms with the probability that she will never recover. You don't exactly want to say, ok she's been in a coma for a week, that's it, give her a big tube of morphine.
I think the whole thing is creepy and horrible from any angle. My heart goes out to you who've had to deal with this stuff in your own families. I worked in a couple of nursing homes, and it's hard even when the family *is* in agreement. I can't imagine if the family is fighting amongst themselves. There's a lot of denial going on, and that's hard to watch, but what can you do if someone refuses to face reality? Ouch.
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