The Patrick Madrid Show: October 21, 2024 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick tackles a sensitive topic about end-of-life issues and dehydration and if it’s morally permissible to not use the IV as the emailer thinks her father would’ve kept living if he was kept hydrated.
Susan Email- (0:38)-About a doctor who refused to keep father dehydrated. Did we commit a sin by allowing our father to be dehydrated after listening to the doctor?
Suzie Email) (19:21) About a baby that was aborted after a doctor’s recommendations
Jude (23:27) I am a hospice Nurse and I wanted to share my knowledge about what goes on in hospice.
Ruby (Email) (29:07)-I always recommend patients to seek a 2nd opinion
Emma Email (37:46)-What do you think about Online Dating?
Ernie (42:08)-My friend is a pro-choice Catholic. Can he receive communion?
Resources: Life Issues, Medical Choices: https://servantbooks.com/products/life-issues-medical-choices-questions-and-answers-for-catholics-revised
Now and at the Hour of Our Death: https://ignatius.com/now-and-at-the-hour-of-our-death-nhdp/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Nationwide coverage of the Patrick Madrid Show, made possible in part by Charity Mobile. |
| 0:14.1 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. |
| 0:20.1 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:24.5 | Okay, we're back and thanks again for listening. Here's the number 888-914-949. 888-914-9149-49. |
| 0:35.1 | Emails go to Patrick at RelevantRadio.com. Kathy is writing in from Lexington and she says, |
| 0:40.7 | my dad was placed on hospice care in March. He was 88 and at the end of his life he was suffering |
| 0:46.0 | with Parkinson's disease and heart failure given six to nine months to live. He developed a painful |
| 0:51.8 | case of shingles and boy I can vouch for that. Shingles is no |
| 0:55.8 | fun. I had it once, and I hope I never have it again. She says we decided to initiate hospice |
| 1:01.9 | to control his pain. The day the hospice worker came to evacuate him, he was coughing and had a |
| 1:09.4 | slight fever, which we were told could be consistent with end-of-life |
| 1:12.8 | symptoms. They started pain medications immediately to make him comfortable, but he never regained |
| 1:18.7 | consciousness. We asked the doctor to at least start an IV to keep him hydrated, and they refused, |
| 1:26.2 | saying it could, or it would go into his lungs and make him worse. |
| 1:30.4 | He lived for five days without food or water and I believe he died from dehydration, which |
| 1:36.6 | makes me so incredibly sad that we allowed this to happen. But we listened to what the doctor |
| 1:42.2 | said. Did we commit a sin? I have gone to confession, but I cannot shake the the doctor said did we commit a sin i have gone to confession but i cannot shake the |
| 1:46.6 | feeling that we did something wrong well first my sincere heartfelt condolences to you and your family |
| 1:54.8 | cathay for the loss of your dad may he rest in peace there are several aspects to this that are worthy of taking a look at here |
| 2:03.9 | number one he may or may not have been in the end stages of his life i'm aware to whatever extent |
| 2:15.6 | a non-medical person can be aware that there are certain |
| 2:19.5 | telltale signs. And I've marveled at times having some relatives who died while in hospice |
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