NEWS PROVIDED BY
Fr. Kevin Manion
May 2, 2019
LOS ANGELES, May 2, 2019 /
Christian Newswire/ --
One month ago today Rev. Kevin Manion was told by a hospital physician
that his mother was not responding to medical treatment. Patricia
Manion would have been 99 years old, had she not been euthanized that
same day.
Fr. Manion is still grieving for his deceased mom. "I
have difficulty sleeping at nights, just thinking about what I saw.
The hospital physician deceived us. He didn't tell us he was going to
take mom's life."
"Pat" Manion was diagnosed with pneumonia.
Her medical treatment was having positive results. Tests showed
progress. More importantly, her family and friends saw she was getting
better. Then two days before her death, a hospital case worker,
unsuccessfully, began urging that Mrs. Manion apply for Hospice.
In
the meanwhile, Patricia was regaining strength and was speaking with
family. She clearly expressed her intention to return to her home. The
evening before she posed for a picture with her grand daughter, Kielty.
The next day she was supposed to be released, not to Hospice, but to
her home. About 2:00 p.m. she spoke with 2 of her friends about
returning home. They expected her release.
The doctor had other
plans. On mom's last day he appeared nervous and pressured. He used his
medical authority to urge a change in protocol. He didn't show us
medical test results, the scans, the blood work. He simply told us, the
patient was not responding to treatment. He insisted on a "drip." He
got his way. That afternoon mom was dead. The physician wasn't even
there when special nurses began the "comfort" protocol.
Fr.
Manion recalls, "There was no comfort at all. It was a lie. Mom saw
what was happening. We did too. I was too weak to do anything. I didn't
have the strength. They loaded mom with 3 bags of morphine within an
hour. Mom died in terror. She was horrified. It was terrible. She wanted
to go home, and she would have gotten better. She always got better in
the afternoons. They should have left mom on the medical protocol or
release her. They didn't want mom to recover. This is what they do to
old people. She was 98 and was going to celebrate her 99th birthday in a
few weeks."
Family members are still in shock. Why was their mother euthanized?
SOURCE Fr. Kevin Manion
CONTACT: Rev. Kevin Manion, 512-773-5447
