Recently there has been a case in India which was taken up in the court for the request of passive end of life. The story of this case is, a young boy in 2013 had a fall from the fourth floor, he had brain injuries from the fall and since that time has been in Coma. Now it's 13 long years and he is still in Coma. His parents have been taking care of him at home every single minute. I cannot even imagine what they must be going through. Absolutely no signs of recovery and lying in a vegetative state for 13 long years. And his father and mother taking care of him like a baby, so much of respect I have for them, they never gave up on their son. If one sees the picture and reads the full story I am sure you cannot hold back your tears.
The young boy who once had a promising life ahead, suddenly all has been taken away in a blink. His parents are not even rich yet they are managing his expenses. The Doctors have finally given up and informed the parents that there is absolutely no hope, he is long gone and it's just the machines that is working. After a long fight and hope the parents finally gave up and the father approached the court asking for a peaceful end for his son. After many debates and arguments the court finally agreed to the life support withdrawal of machines and giving him permission for a passive end of life.
After which the parents have decided to donate his organs which are in good medical condition. This raises the bar all together to another level of respect for them. It is courageous of going through this long battle and not giving up and then finally thinking of doing this donation. I feel that his soul must have left his body long back and it's just the machines that is pumping the heart. Medical science has progressed a lot but still not to that level where one can challenge conditions like this of getting a person out from Coma. Even if the boy has been in Coma I am sure somewhere he would be sensing the pain and plight of his parents. I could not hold back my tears reading about him. Extremely painful and so heavy on my heart.
Coming to the decision of passive end of life, though many people do not agree but I believe that after a point of time it is ok to let the person go. 13 years is a very long time, and after doing every possible thing if medically there is no hope then it's ok to let go in a dignified manner. I always tell me son, that god forbid if there is any such situation in my life then he should not put me on any life saving support systems and let me go away in my natural way. Till the time I can survive without support system it is ok but after that no more dragging.
A lot of people disagree to withdrawal of life support in a hope that the person will bounce back. Yes, but when it comes to our loved ones it is not very easy to take this decision. My father had a brain hemorrhage and went into coma, the hospital put him on life support though the doctors said there was absolutely no hope, but me and my sister could not take that decision to not put him. We were hoping for a miracle to happen but in 5 days even the machines gave up on him. It all happened fast and I had to bid him good-bye, I was not mentally prepared to let him go and wanted to hold on to him for longer time. I am sure everyone feels the same when their loved ones come to this stage and possibly the parents of this boy must have also felt the same, hoping for a miracle to happen.
I hope this boy finally finds his peace, such a painful journey for him it must have been and more for his parents, seeing him almost dead for 13 long years. For all this years all they have done is taking care of their son and now that emptiness, god knows how they will even deal with this emptiness.
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