[Rhodes22-list] Living will. (new form)

[brad haslett]

Rummy, most excellent!  Brad


--- R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Living  Will 
> 
> 
> 
> I, _________________________ (fill in the  blank),
> being of sound mind and 
> body, unequivocally declare that in the event of  a
> catastrophic injury, I do 
> not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial
>  means. I hereby instruct 
> my loved ones and relatives to remove all
> life-support  systems, once it has 
> been determined that my brain is longer functioning
> in a  cognizant realm. 
> However, that judgment should be made only after
> thorough  consultation with 
> medical experts; i.e., individuals who actually have
> been  trained, educated and 
> certified as doctors. 
> 
> Under no circumstances -- and I can't  state this
> too strongly -- should my 
> fate be put in the hands of peckerwood  politicians
> who couldn't pass 
> ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it. 
> Furthermore, it is my firm hope 
> that, when the time comes, any discussion about 
> terminating my medical treatment 
> should remain private and  confidential.
> 
> Living in Florida, however, I am acutely aware that
> the  legislative and 
> executive branches of state government are fond of
> meddling in  family matters, 
> and have little concern for the privacy and dignity
> of  individuals.
> 
> Therefore, I wish to make my views on this subject
> as clear  and unambiguous 
> as possible. Recognizing that some politicians seem
> cerebrally  challenged 
> themselves (and with no medical excuse), I'll try to
> keep this simple  and to the 
> point:
> 
> 1. While remaining sensitive to the feelings of
> loved  ones who might cling 
> to hope for my recovery, let me state that if a
> reasonable  amount of time 
> passes ! -- say, ____ (fill in the blank) months --
> and I fail to  sit sit up and 
> ask for a cold beer, it should be presumed that I
> won't ever get  better. When 
> such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct
> my spouse,  children and 
> attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the
> tubes and call  it a day.
> 
> 2. Under no circumstances shall the members of the
> Legislature  enact a 
> special law to keep me on life-support machinery. It
> is my wish that  these 
> boneheads mind their own damn business, and pay
> attention instead to the  health, 
> education and future of the millions of Floridians
> who aren't in a  permanent 
> coma.
> 
> 3. Under no circumstances shall the governor of
> Florida butt into this case 
> and order my doctors  to put a feeding tube down my
> throat or through a hole 
> into my abdomen to  keep me alive. I don't care how
> many fundamentalist votes 
> he's trying to  scrounge for his run for the
> presidency in 2008, it is my wish 
> that he plays  politics with someone else's life and
> leaves me to die in peace.
> 
> 4. I  couldn't care less if a hundred religious
> zealots send e-mails to 
> legislators in  which they pretend to care about me.
> I don't know these people, and 
> I certainly  haven't authorized them to preach and
> crusade on my behalf. They 
> should mind  their own business, too.
> 
> 5. It is my heartfelt wish to expire quietly and 
> without a public spectacle. 
> This is obviously impossible once elected officials 
> become involved. So, 
> while recognizing the wrenching emotions that attend
> the  prolonged death of a 
> loved one, I hereby instruct my relatives to settle
> all  disagreements about my 
> care in private or in the courts, as provided by
> law. If  any of my family 
> goes against my wishes and turns my case into a
> political  cause, I hereby 
> promise to come back from the grave and make his or
> her  existence a living Hell
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