>bound".  Her breathing slowed, and then she turned to me with a faint 
mile
  >her face, and she was gone.  I was so stunned that I couldn't have called 
fo
  >help if I had to at that moment.  I sat by her bedside and looked at her, 
an
There wasn't the same sense of shock with my daughter's death, perhaps
because, in a sense, she was already gone before we disconnected the
tubes, and held her, waiting for the end.  But I sensed a great relief
in her that, at last, it was all over.  My mother obviously controlled
her death to some extent.  She waited, breathing slowly and irregularly,
for several hours, until my brother made it to her bedside to say
good-bye.  Then, within minutes, she was dead.
  >My parents have asked me to
  >make certain that they have a respectful and dignified death....out of 
ve
I think that's important.  We did that with my mother.  She died at
home, surrounded by the things she loved.
  >feel.  Be joyful that your one friend didn't have to suffer, that it was
  >quick, and that he had touched so many peoples lives.  Your other friend
I am glad of that.  I've seen the lingering deaths from cancer.  I
wouldn't wish that on anyone.
                         Sondra
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 þ SLMR 2.1a þ It is a growling man who lives a dog's life.   Cox
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