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| M L Clark |
She had nerve damage that left her face and neck with a burning sensation during flare-ups, and had been through seven treatment protocols attempting to alleviate the symptom. It frustrated her that she couldn’t be around her littlest grandchildren, whose careless touch could exacerbate the pain, let alone close to her husband. So she waited until her husband was out of town and took pills.
I was over when my friend and her mother heard the news, and I will never forget the character of her mother’s grief. She was devastated to lose her own mother, yes. But she was even more devastated that her mother felt she had to do this alone, without anyone by her side in her last moments, lest they suffer legal consequences. My friend’s mother instantly understood her mother’s choice. She just didn’t understand the cruelty of a society that would compound human suffering by driving someone to carry out that choice alone.
These were the days before Canada offered medically assisted death.
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