The Day My Daughter Told the Doctor to Let Me Go While I Lay There Unable to Speak

cannot authorize a DNR without documented prior consent from you,” Michael said. “Your advanced directive specifies full intervention. The hospital was waiting on payment clearance before proceeding.”

“So it was never about what I wanted,” I said.

“No,” he said. “It was about whether the cost would be covered.”

“And when the DNR was improperly filed?”

“The continue reading …