If one of your relatives were on life support, & there was no chance of saving them, would you pull the plug?

Question

If so, then why?

Answer 1

if it were their will (directive) to do so , yes. I have done it before, it was the right thing to do.

Answer 2

Yes, I would pull the plug. When a person is on life support, it basically means that they have lost all bodily and brain functions. Like Rizzo said earlier, a person on life support is in a vegetative state. Its like the person's body is there, but what makes the person a person, isn't. Its only an empy shell.

My grandfather established a living will when he was first diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He was adamant that if he were to ever slip into a coma, that he wouldn't be kept on life support, and he wasn't.

I think its sad whenever I hear stories about people who get into accidents, and they are kept on life support for a long period of time. Doing that proves to be very costly, but that isn't the issue.  

Answer 3

Yes, if theres no chance..I say its time to let them go

Answer 4

No. I wouldn't believe the doctors. My husband's grandmother's doctor told her family that she wouldn't survive more than a week. And they were ready to pull the plug, and she went on to live for another 5 YEARS. I would feel extremely guilty if I had pulled the plug not seriously knowing if there could have been a chance to save them. Doctors don't know everything. And obviously in this case, his grandmother would have lost 5 years of her life, for nothing.  

Answer 5

Well.  My parents have made it clear that they have no intention to live life as vegetables, so I'd go with their wishes if that awful situation ever came to pass.

And because I've seen firsthand how hard it is to see someone in a vegetative state.  They're just not there at all.  It's like a hollow shell of a body, and no matter how many times you look over, expecting to see a smile, a blink, or anything, you're always disappointed in the end.

It would probably be too much for me to bear again.

Answer 6

I agree with Rizzo. Having a living will makes it so much easier to do this.

If there is no brain activity then you are basically dead for all medical purposes..

Answer 7

My grandmother did with her mother. Our family is full of strong willed independent women. My great grandmother told her, after she had her first stroke, that she DID NOT under no circumstances want to be on life support. That if she were to live it would be because she fought for it. And if she died. It was simply her time.

It was the hardest thing my grandmother had to do, but she left its what my great grandmother wanted. She didn't want us, or herself to suffer.  

Answer 8

Yes probably. I would absolutely HATE it, but since there's no chance of saving them, why torture yourself? Instead of just dealing with the pain then moving on.

Answer 9

Yes definitely and I would hope that my family would do the same for me.