Terminally ill woman rethinks suicide plan
Oct 30, 2014 20:32:30 GMT -5
Post by PrisonerOfHope on Oct 30, 2014 20:32:30 GMT -5
Please take a moment and pray for her! She needs Jesus.
Terminally ill woman rethinks suicide plan
By David K. Li
October 30, 2014 | 10:05am
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Terminally ill woman rethinks suicide plan
Brittany Maynard Photo: AP
She believes she has a right to die — just not yet.
The terminally ill California woman, who moved to Oregon and planned to commit assisted suicide on Saturday, has had a change of heart.
Brittany Maynard, 29, made world headlines by moving to Oregon – where assisted suicide is legal – and announcing her date of death would be Nov. 1. She wanted to die surrounded by loved ones in Portland.
Not anymore.
“I still feel good enough and I still have enough joy and I still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn’t seem like the right time right now,” brain cancer victim Maynard said in videotaped message made public on Wednesday.
“But it will come, because I feel myself getting sicker. It’s happening each week.”
The newlywed Maynard said she doesn’t appreciate others judging her controversial decisions.
“When people criticize me for not waiting longer, or, you know, whatever they’ve decided is best for me, it hurts,” Maynard said in a six-minute video released by the pro-assisted-suicide group Compassion & Choices, “because really, I risk it every day, every day that I wake up.”
In recent days, she’s had the strength to travel to Arizona and see the Grand Canyon.
Despite that journey, Maynard said she’s still constantly reminded of her fragile medical state.
On one recent day, Maynard had two seizures and could not say her husband’s name.
“’I think sometimes people look at me and they think, `Well you don’t look as sick as you say you are,’ which hurts to hear, because when I’m having a seizure and I can’t speak afterwards, I certainly feel as sick as I am,” Maynard said.
The cancer victim said even if she’s still alive on Sunday, that just means the end is a little closer.
“And if Nov. 2 comes along and I’m still alive, I know that we’ll just still be moving forward as a family, like, out of love for each other and that that decision will come later,” she said.
Maynard said weeks ago that there was a chance she’d change her mind about the timing.
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Terminally ill woman rethinks suicide plan
By David K. Li
October 30, 2014 | 10:05am
Modal Trigger
Terminally ill woman rethinks suicide plan
Brittany Maynard Photo: AP
She believes she has a right to die — just not yet.
The terminally ill California woman, who moved to Oregon and planned to commit assisted suicide on Saturday, has had a change of heart.
Brittany Maynard, 29, made world headlines by moving to Oregon – where assisted suicide is legal – and announcing her date of death would be Nov. 1. She wanted to die surrounded by loved ones in Portland.
Not anymore.
“I still feel good enough and I still have enough joy and I still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn’t seem like the right time right now,” brain cancer victim Maynard said in videotaped message made public on Wednesday.
“But it will come, because I feel myself getting sicker. It’s happening each week.”
The newlywed Maynard said she doesn’t appreciate others judging her controversial decisions.
“When people criticize me for not waiting longer, or, you know, whatever they’ve decided is best for me, it hurts,” Maynard said in a six-minute video released by the pro-assisted-suicide group Compassion & Choices, “because really, I risk it every day, every day that I wake up.”
In recent days, she’s had the strength to travel to Arizona and see the Grand Canyon.
Despite that journey, Maynard said she’s still constantly reminded of her fragile medical state.
On one recent day, Maynard had two seizures and could not say her husband’s name.
“’I think sometimes people look at me and they think, `Well you don’t look as sick as you say you are,’ which hurts to hear, because when I’m having a seizure and I can’t speak afterwards, I certainly feel as sick as I am,” Maynard said.
The cancer victim said even if she’s still alive on Sunday, that just means the end is a little closer.
“And if Nov. 2 comes along and I’m still alive, I know that we’ll just still be moving forward as a family, like, out of love for each other and that that decision will come later,” she said.
Maynard said weeks ago that there was a chance she’d change her mind about the timing.
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