Comments on: A Mothers Journey | 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner

By: MelBai

MelBai — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:24:37 +0000

I realize I am late with this. As a nurse I find it extremely disturbing that a hospice nurse would administer a sedative to give someone a peaceful death. While efforts to prolong life may be abandoned, our job as nurses does NOT include hastening death. Like doctors we vow to do no harm. It hurts my heart for a mother to go through this. I hope his family has found peace.

By: Tessie Paras

Tessie Paras — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:08:06 +0000

I like your post. Your blog is fantastic.

By: suzan

suzan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:48:10 +0000

while its easy to say that the mother need not have put her son through so much pain, its unimaginable to do so. Its only a mother who can put in so much effort in a hope that some day her son might be ok. Its very painful to see your child sufferring & no one would wantingly put him/her through pain. Kudos to the mom & her supportive group of family & friends.

By: Lazrik

Lazrik — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:44:37 +0000

While his death, like the deaths of hundreds of thousands of humans every day, is undeniably tragic, the greater tragedy here is the selfishness of a mother. Her son is in clear pain, a pain she ignored to pursue a fool’s errant in direct opposition to her son’s wishes. Several times we see he clearly does not want to go through with the long, painful treatment that is almost sure to end in failure (as it did). When he tells her he doesn’t want to go forward with more unnecessary treatment it is obvious to all except her that he has come to terms with his own mortality, it is she who has not. Despite all of his pleading, she could not muster the empathy for her own son needed to allow him to live out his last days in peace.

The greatest pain here is not the pain she feels from her son’s death, it’s the son’s pain of being betrayed by the one person who should love him the most.

By: Lazrik

Lazrik — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:40:59 +0000

While his death, like the deaths of hundreds of thousands of humans every day, is undeniably tragic, the greater tragedy here is the selfishness of a mother. Her son is in clear pain, a pain she ignored to pursue a fool’s errant in direct opposition to her son’s wishes. Several times we see he clearly does not want to go through with the long, painful treatment that is almost sure to end in failure (as it did). When he tells her he doesn’t want to go forward with more unnecessary treatment it is obvious to all except her that he has come to terms with his own mortality, it is she who has not. Despite all of his begging, she could not muster the empathy for her own son needed to allow him to live out his last days in peace.

The greatest pain here is not the pain she feels from her son’s death, it’s the son’s pain of being betrayed by the one person who should love him the most.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:14:20 +0000

no parent should ever outlive their children…..that is so heartbreaking….. I just pray that young boy is with Jesus

I would it happen to me than my sons…..

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:34:58 +0000

I cried at the end.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:05:05 +0000

Heartbreaking…