When prognosis is wrong – Glenn's Story
Glenn was diagnosed with Grade 2 Oligodendroglioma, a type of brain tumour, in 1997. During debulking surgery in 2002, bacteria entered his brain and caused an infection in his skull that was discovered only a year later. Within 18 months, he started to decline in terms of mobility, continence and his ability to speak coherently. In three different years (2004, 2006 and 2007) he was given a prognosis of six months or less (meaning, expected to die within six months). He was assessed as clinically dying in 2004, and at the end of life in 2006, 2007 and 2011. Glenn died in 2011.
Had the End of Life Choice Act been operating as law at the time, Glenn would have been eligible for a lethal dose in the years 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2011, when he was given a prognosis of six months or less to live.
Heather and Rachel are a mother-and-daughter team who have shared a bittersweet experience over the last few years. Having to watch a beloved husband and an adored father live with a terminal illness until he died at the age of 42 has not been easy for either of them. Despite this, they hang onto every precious memory from that tumultuous time...
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