Our Own Terms

We are all entitled to live on our own terms. We are all entitled to die on them also. My coworker is in that situation now. Her elderly mother no longer wants to comply with the medical advice she is given, so therefore she will die. She has dementia and is in and out of her sensibilities. She no longer wants to eat and the doctors will not put in a feeding tube. No matter how hard my friend tries to feed her, her mouth is tightly clenched. Hospice is now being called in, so things do not look good. It is heart wrenching to see.