Made a Painful Decision

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But it was anything but easy.

My sister and I agreed on a medical decision for our mom. She will get palliative care and there will be no more surgeries performed on her. The other choice was too ugly and involved surgical removal of one of her legs. We don’t think, in her right mind, she would want that. It would also be very risky for her and had only a chance of increasing her longevity, not a…