Yeah - Mom, Dad and I all knew Mom's wishes. I'm sure the aide could have tried CPR on Mom, but why? We all knew that even with total 100% life support effort, we might have extended her 'life' a few days, at most

I had more than one aide, and the MD, Nurse and Social worker from Hospice all tell me the same thing "Your Mom took her illness with as much grace as any person we ever saw" (all three were in tears). Mom NEVER complained, never "why me" - when she was told she had incurable lung cancer, she IMMEDIATELY looked at me and said "promise me one thing - You'll NEVER lie to me about what is happening" - My reply was that I wasn't in a habit of lieing to her, and I wasn't going to start now. Mom knew what was happening, and accepted it - she said "don't try to cure me - setup my treatment so that I have as much GOOD time as I can, so I can enjoy my family" When my time comes, I hope it's with 1/2 as much class
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