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![]() ![]() “Maybe a fall chicken, Mom,” Phyllis added.Īfter a few minutes of explanation, Jeanette said we could tell her story and use her full name on one condition - no cameras. She said her chest pain and fatigue had now subsided. Seated at the kitchen table beside her ever-present oxygen tank and walker, Jeanette apologized for delaying the meeting. Jeanette often told them she tried to live a good life. With visitors unable to pretend they’d see her again, we witnessed one funny, sad, tender exchange after another. As the day neared, and her remaining time and energy diminished, videographer Don Somers and I mainly stayed in the background, observing. Why did Jeanette choose assisted death? How did it feel to know the exact moment she would die? How did she spend those last weeks, hours, minutes?įormal interviews soon gave way to unstructured chats, with Jeanette often asking as many questions as she answered. They aren’t aware a person can have control and dignity when they die, control over how they die.” “But sometimes I think people would want to go home. They have a right to that,” Jeanette said. “Some people think that they have to live until their illness takes them away. With greater awareness and acceptance, and possible expansion of criteria to include mental illness, medical experts say that trend will continue. Growing numbers of Canadians are choosing MAID, particularly in Saskatchewan. She said she was sharing her story because she wanted families, health professionals and lawmakers making decisions about medical assistance in dying (MAID) to see exactly what it’s like. Jeanette recently granted CBC News weeks of unrestricted access to her most intimate family moments, her medical appointments and ultimately, her assisted death. ![]()
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