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My 35 year old sister went into respiratory distress and has been on life support since Saturday. She has been sick all her life, and has had one problem after another. She has a 12 year old daughter who she has custody of (my sister was never married).
Today, my other sister found my sick sister's Living Will and Will. These were drawn up over 10 years ago. She named our aunt (who she was very close with at the time but no longer is) as her MPOA and guardian of her daughter if anything happened. My aunt apparently doesn't know she's MPOA. Apparently, my sick sister wanted no life support or feeding tube. Of course, she's already got it so now we have a problem. According to the nurses, the only way they'll remove the life support & feeding tube now is if she is terminal or if the family wants to enforce the Lving Will.
My question is, since her Living Will and Will are so old and she is no longer close to our aunt, can the enforcement of the Living Will be forced by just our aunt? Do they have to be updated every so many years? We understand that my sister's wishes should be followed but know that over the past 10 years her wishes have changed. Don't ask me why she didn't take the time to make changes in the mean time because I just don't know.
Thanks for any advice.
My 35 year old sister went into respiratory distress and has been on life support since Saturday. She has been sick all her life, and has had one problem after another. She has a 12 year old daughter who she has custody of (my sister was never married).
Today, my other sister found my sick sister's Living Will and Will. These were drawn up over 10 years ago. She named our aunt (who she was very close with at the time but no longer is) as her MPOA and guardian of her daughter if anything happened. My aunt apparently doesn't know she's MPOA. Apparently, my sick sister wanted no life support or feeding tube. Of course, she's already got it so now we have a problem. According to the nurses, the only way they'll remove the life support & feeding tube now is if she is terminal or if the family wants to enforce the Lving Will.
My question is, since her Living Will and Will are so old and she is no longer close to our aunt, can the enforcement of the Living Will be forced by just our aunt? Do they have to be updated every so many years? We understand that my sister's wishes should be followed but know that over the past 10 years her wishes have changed. Don't ask me why she didn't take the time to make changes in the mean time because I just don't know.
Thanks for any advice.
