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GreyFoxLemonGrass t1_iuph5bi wrote

Reply to comment by TrunksTheMighty in Jury awards $21m to family of patient after simple leg surgery left him in a vegetative state by TheFullerTron

You can write a living will with that info! That way if you ever get in an accident your family and doctors will know your wishes.

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HIM_Darling t1_iuqvqso wrote

If you are in possession of a uterus make sure to specify that your wishes are the same if you are found to be pregnant. And be super specific. If I’m coma wishes are xyz, even if pregnant, if I’m vegetative state wishes are abc, even if pregnant, if declared brain dead wishes are xyz, even if pregnant, etc.

Texas has already tried that bullshit once. Woman was brain dead, and despite her wishes being not to remain on life support the hospital said that because she wasn’t pregnant at the time she made that decision and she didn’t specify that her wishes would be the same if she were pregnant they were going to pretend that she wanted her dead body to be used as an incubator. It took several months of her husband and her parents fighting the hospital in court before even the judge had enough of the hospitals bullshit and ordered them to check on the status of the fetus(they kept saying they couldn’t tell). Hospital finally had to admit the fetus was incompatible with life and the judge ordered them to take her off life support.

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GreyFoxLemonGrass t1_iusg9tq wrote

Wow, thank you for the heads up. What an awful thing to have to consider.

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fr3ng3r t1_iuqi40h wrote

Is it only done thru a lawyer or can one just handwrite it, leave it in a drawer somewhere, & tell someone about it prior to surgery?

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Levlove t1_iuqz9jz wrote

You can do it without a lawyer and get it notarized. Legalzoom has a really easy format that asks questions and then puts it all together for you. Then you get it notarized, make sure your POA knows where to find it, and move on.

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GreyFoxLemonGrass t1_iusfya9 wrote

It depends on your state, and either way you should make sure to give copies to friends/relatives in case they need to decide and haven’t yet gone through your desk drawers.

In my state you need to use specific forms for it to be legally binding. I made a google doc and called that good enough, because I hope my family would follow my wishes without needing to be forced legally (and also I am lazy).

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