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Thats a hard job you do noodle. My sister (nurse) said the hardest wards to work were those with terminaly ill children. One little girl was on so many drugs, she would see birdies on the windowsill - she liked watching them, and the nurses would like play along with them being there. What had realy got to my sister one day was a temp nurse was on and said to this dying child 'what birdies, there arent any birds on the windowsill'. Child was crushed. Hurt my sister.
I know I wont end up like my dad, because I already have planned for that eventuality coming my way - scarey bit is knowing strokes and such can suddenly leave you unable to open a pill bottle - Like yourself noodle, I have promised a friend should her life become unbearable - she is in considerable pain - old age. Trouble with england is, assisted suicide risks imprisonment for the helper, and there are no counties - which I think of as the equivalent to your states, that you could travel to. I think maybe I renmember it happening in australia - but that was probably not condoned by the legal system. Even talking about assisted suicide is illegal - heck - suicide is illegal - wonder how many failed suicides have been prosecuted for their efforts? As youre there with a handfull of pills or a sharp knife, I guess the though of prison is supposed to be a deterrent.
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