This one is horrible, Ye been warned.
An elderly Missouri woman was described as “a rotting corpse that was still breathing” after her son left her in a vinyl chair for so long her skin fused to the seat.
Sick Carol Brown, 74, had to be pried from her chair by emergency workers after her adult son left her unable to eat, drink, or go to the bathroom at her home in Independence, Mo., KCTV reported Thursday.
Emergency workers were called to a scene of filth and squalor when the man reported that his mother had suffered a stroke on Oct. 27….Hospital staff who treated Brown before she died said the woman had a maggot infestation on an open sore around her ankle, according to court documents.
Her son, who had filed an application to receive aid from Missouri State to be his mother’s caretaker, told officials he had been honoring her wish to die at home.
Doesn’t say much about her stroke prognosis, but with modern medication and clot busters most people who have strokes can recover if treated quickly. Remember people: Time Lost is Brain Lost!
She likely died when she didn’t have to, and likely her death was far more horrific for her than those who had to deal with her extensive wounds and trauma.
But not a “Gun Death”, and those can be so much more horrific, right?
h/t Janelle
I read about this and if that’s how the woman wanted to go, then that’s how she wanted to go.
There’s a lot of leeway on that tho. My Mother is an RN and has seen many a person living when it would have been far better for them to just die, and she gets very upset when she sees family and friends in their more indignant twilight years. Mom has made similar requests about DNR et al.
That being said if I call her on the phone or visit and she’s feeling under the weather, or she has an injury from her various activities I always joke “PULL THE PLUG!”
A stroke is hardly a death sentence, and if caught early you can bounce back 100%….or at least have a ton of independence despite minor setbacks. Its one thing to have Mom have a stroke in a chair and never call for medical help even weeks after she continued to live. And Mom with late stage Alzheimer’s or terminal cancer.