Decisions

Some decisions in life are easy. Some are gut wrenching. My coworker has to make a gut wrenching one. Her mother is in rehab and she needs to respect her requests but at what point does she deviate? It is easy to comply with DNR and DNI, but when it comes to feeding the decision is a tough one. At first she said she would not have a tube to feed her mother but now she is second guessing the decision. She has decided that not feeding her means starving her and she would not be able to live with herself. Her mother has Alzheimers but still knows who her daughter is. Can you look into someone’s eyes and know you will have a hand in their death? The worst part is that her mother is a Holocaust survivor, so withholding food has a deeper meaning. A feeding tube will be placed into her in a day or so. I believe it is the right thing to do.