msn.com:
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - In a white-walled hospital room, pancreatic cancer slowly drained all the life that remained in Carolyn.
There was nothing more to do for this 62-year-old woman �" no oxygen or other life support, just a morphine drip to keep her as comfortable as possible.
Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77 - ABC News
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I think it's beautiful that the harpist can adjust the flow with the dying's heartbeat. I think all we cancern surivivors who never really know "if" the terrorist will return, think of dying and how it will be. Oregon IS way ahead of the curve. I'm in CA..where we don't have death with dignity...
If someone was playing a harp next to me when I was on my deathbed, I'd strangle them. I want Black Flag.
I wish my mother had had something like this at the end.
I wouldn't mind a bit of music at my end, but it would have to be my kind of music. New Age, a.k.a. the New Elevator Music, would aggravate, not soothe me. I'd want a beautiful adagio movement from a beloved piano concerto or symphony.
My mom does this in Portland - www.partne
Yay Oregon!
I was living in Brookings ten years ago and my mom came to live with us while she was dying. We had a county home hospice program that was wonderful. I could give her the painkillers as often as she wanted because the theory is to stop the pain cycle in the bud because the more pain grows, the harder it is to treat. We know how to do things right in Oregon when it comes to death.
I got it. Somebody read, "Sacred Heart", to me; that is pronounced. "Sackrat Hot" in the deep south. You Yankees speak strangely most of the time. I mean wierd. Y'all kan b straing.
This isn't new. This is part of high-end palliative care that was featured on NPR's ToTN back in the days when Ray Suarez was host.
Agreed. I've been posting music-related research for a year and I featured this back in December.
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First Posted: 07-24-09 03:52 PM | Updated: 07-24-09 05:23 PM