They’re Pulling the Plug on Grandma! They’re Pulling the Plug on Grandma!

First, let me state unequivocally, if my grandmothers, who died in 1921 and 1968, are still plugged into anything, it is time to cut the cord. It isn’t going to do any good; not for Fannie, nor for Leah. I think even my most optimistic relatives would agree with me on that point.

So, I have to assume we’re discussing theoretical grandparents, who are probably just a few years older than me. A small, but critical, number of years older than me.

“The Death Panel’s Pulling the Plug on Grandma” scream is based on a now defunct part of the proposed health care reform that allowed doctors to talk with Grandma about her dying days. It could be Grandma’s last chance to say she wanted to be plugged in to every imaginable machine until long after her ability to choose for herself was over. Or she could have said she just wanted to go naturally. It really should be Grandma’s choice.

But the forked-tongued witch of the north has deprived Grandma of that choice. Just try and sue me now!