What would you do if your mother asked you this?!


Question:

What would you do if your mother asked you this?

Over the past 3 to 4 weeks we have received information that my mother may have lung cancer. I took her to see her lung doctor on June 27th, he has her scheduled for a P.E.T. Scan to find out for certain if it is cancer and if it is how bad it is. Well, Friday night my mom went out to a bar to Karoke. While there she had 3 beers and half of a margarita. I found out how much she had to drink after coming to mine & my husbands room to ask me to lie down with her for a few minutes so she can talk to me. She cried and told me that she was afraid that if she had to have surgery she would not wake up, my sisters & I are aware of this but no one wants to know their mother or father might have cancer & die. This is my question:
What would you do if your mother asked you to do this:
My mother asked me to pray to God to take her now, pray to let her go to sleep and not wake up because she is tired. Would you honor your mother's wishes and pray to God to end her life?


Answers:

gee know how you feel, my mum was diagnosed with cancer 12 months ago, it had come back after five years free from a melomina, she asked that I resppect her wishes as a women as she did not want any more surgery or intervention for the cancer, i cried a lot for a while and slowly came to the realisation that i was not the one with cancer it was mum, I did not want her in any pain for any reason, so I accepted that it is her choice, I am still watching my mum getting sick but it is her choice and even if I don't like it I have to accept it. i think I was being selfish because I just wanted to have mum around for a lot longer, I don't think any advice on this is going to make you feel any better one way or the other so my thoughts are with you and I hope in time it get's easier for you and your family no matter what the outcome




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