HI SONDRA;
RE:
-> him in the county nursing home.  He made it clear to everyone that he 
wanted
-> to go home. And it was just as clear that he had thought it out
-> The doctor spent hours trying to talk the family out of removing my 
riend.
-> The doctor even, literally, called them murderers.  If he goes home, no
-> tubes attached, he will be dead in a few days to a month.  If they send 
im
-> to a nursing home, tubes attached, he could be kept alive, although unable
-> to read, write, move around, or talk, for maybe even a couple of years. 
This
-> man has a "living will" in which he asked that no extraordinary measures 
e
-> used to keep him alive. His daughter protested, saying she thought
this was "extraordinary measures". The doctor said it was "a  grey area", and
could be defended in a court of law. My friend was brought home, but not
until after hours of wrangling, and not until after everyone  was emotionally
exhausted.  His wife and two daughters were literally in  tears.  His son
was close to murder. His grandchildren were frantic. The medical profession
has refused to sign the forms that would give maximum  home care.  They have
refused to list him as "terminal", which would open up  the way for home
hospice care, because "he would live longer if you weren't  murdering him."
Medicare will pay for two hours nursing care three times a  week.  Family
and friends will take up the slack.
  WELL IT SEEMS TO STILL BE A COURT ISSUE THAT THE FAMILY COULD WIN. I SPENT
MANY HOURS IN A COURTROOM AND SAW CASES SUCH AS THIS WHEN I LIVED IN NEVADA.
THE JUDGE DECLARED IT ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO COVER UP AND DENY A 
DYING
PERSON THE CARE THAT WOULD KEEP THAT PERSON COMFORTABLE AND STILL ALLOW HIM
/HER TO DIE AT HOME AND IN THE PRECENSE OF THE FAMILY. TO HAVE THE DOCTORS 
CALL
THEM "MURDERS" .WAS DREADFULLY WRONG AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
THAT. THEY SHOULD GATHER UP ALL YOUR FRIENDS MEDICAL RECORDS INCLUDING THE
HOSPITAL CHARTS OF THE CARE HE RECEIVED WHILE HE WAS THERE AND THE NAMES OF 
THE
DOCTORS THAT GAVE THENM SUCH A HARD TIME AND CALLED THEM MURDERERS AND TAKE
THEM TO A LAWYER AND SUE THE PANTS OFF THE S.O.B'S.  FOR THE RIGHT TO HAVE
HOSPICE AND THE OTHER NEEDS THEY HAVE TO HAVE FOR HIM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE 
ACT
HE IS DYING. AS WELL AS PUNITIVE DAMAGES FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRESS 
AUSED
BY THEM TO YOUR FRIEND AND THE FAMILY..... WHAT THEY CAN'T GET  FROM THE
HOSPITAL...THEY CAN GET A COURT ORDER VIA THEIR LAWYER TO GET.. THEY WOULD 
IN
FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SAID.
BTW.. I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND CAN'T SEE SMALL PRINT. MY DAUGHTER READ THIS
TO ME AND I AM RESPONDING..MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE. I HAVE HAD TERMINAL
STOMACH AND COLON CANCER FOR 2 YEARS AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE DEAD IN 3
MONTHS... I AM STILL ALIVE AND I *WILL NOT* GO THRU THE DOCTORS IDEAS OF
TREATMENT METHODS. THIS IS MY 5TH BOUT AND I HAVE *HAD* ENOUGH.. IT DIDN'T
MAKE THE CANCER DISAPPEAR EVERY TIME THEY CUT AWAY AT MY BODY OR PUT ME THRU
RADIATION AND CHEMO AND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH... I LEAVE IT IN THE HANDS OF 
OD..IT
IS HE WHO WILL DECIDE WHEN I GO HOME.... HOPE THIS HELPS
FYI: I HADVE TWO DEGREES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND  KNOW PROBATE AND CIVIL 
IGHTS
WHICH THIS CASE YOU ARE TELLING SEEMS TO BE...HIS CIVIL RIGHTS ARE BEING
VIOLATED AS WELL AS HIS RIGHT TO HAVE PROPER HOME CARE.   LET ME KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS.. I AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING.
 LESLIE "ANGEL" TROMBLY
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