I've been to see my nan in hospital this afternoon and I can't stop thinking about euthanasia.
She is 86 and was always an extremely strong minded woman and fiercely independent since we lost my Grampher almost 24 years ago. Seeing her this afternoon was horrible.
In the last 18 months she has had 5 heart attacks, has lost nearly all her sight, is so frail you are scared to give her a hug but the thing that gets me most is her dementia.
She has no clue who anyone is, today she told me she had never been married and she is lost to the world. But she knows what she wants to say and you can see the pain in her face when she isn't able to say what she would like to.
I looked at her in that hospital room and thought what quality of life does she have? Conceivably she could last another 6/12 months but if I'm honest I left her today hoping for her sake she doesn't.
Does anyone else have any strong feelings either way?