tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post8303311461770488880..comments2024-03-20T10:44:38.106-05:00Comments on madness: tales of an emergency room nurse: no goodbye for DadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-56526144476403894032013-12-10T21:37:49.226-06:002013-12-10T21:37:49.226-06:00This is the exact reason I got my Dad to agree to ...This is the exact reason I got my Dad to agree to go into hospice once he was diagnosed with terminal colon CA. I would never want my parents to go through the hell families of our patients go through in a very public ER.<br /><br />It's horrible. <br /><br />Why let a much beloved parent die slowly and in pain when you can get a chance to have them in a comfortable environment at home? Choosing to make someone you love suffer because of fear of death is beyond me. <br /><br />Not trying to be harsh but I feel there is a better way via hospice care for terminal patients.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438363646689218332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37811152.post-65752025786407072922013-12-10T16:03:19.193-06:002013-12-10T16:03:19.193-06:00Yup, I see it over and over. I guess our culture ...Yup, I see it over and over. I guess our culture is one where death is seen as abnormal. I have seen the 'look' in Dad's eyes when the family is not around, exhaustion, distant, ready to leave look. Families demand from us what we cannot deliver. Sometimes I feel like I am the convenient whipping boy that serves to sooth some deep guilt in the family members heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com