My mother signed herself into Heartland Hospice care last week with the hopes they would, “make her more comfortable with better pain medications.” The day before she signed she was her old self. Just fine. Within two days she was in grave condition and I was getting calls to make funeral arrangements for her. I started to question the director of the hospice and found out that they were drugging her with methadone and not feeding her or giving her water or IV. In other words they were trying the euthanize her. They refused to put her on IV or call the paramedics. I ultimately had to run down to Manor Pines, sign her out of hospice and call 911. The paramedics took her to Holy Cross in critical condition in renal shutdown due to dehydration. Ever since they have been trying to get her kidneys working. On 10/25 they called me and told me she had an infarction and after being worked on extensively to revive her she was declared dead. A half hour later the doctor calls me and tells me she came back to life while being prepared for the morgue! So she’s still alive and at Holy Cross CCU. She’s presently on hemodialisis and a respirator and is not conscious.
My mother’s doctors are trying very hard to get me to withdraw her from life support. I feel it's too soon.
1) Are they trying to aviod a wrongful death lawsuit by getting me to "pull the plug?"
2) If she dies should I call for a private wrongful death autopsy? Will the medical examiners office step in if I ask them to?
My mother’s doctors are trying very hard to get me to withdraw her from life support. I feel it's too soon.
1) Are they trying to aviod a wrongful death lawsuit by getting me to "pull the plug?"
2) If she dies should I call for a private wrongful death autopsy? Will the medical examiners office step in if I ask them to?