No he hasn't done anything wrong.
He has brain cancer. Gleo Blastoma Multiform to be exact. He went into a nursing home in Feb to give his wife a weeks respite and has never left. The cancer is inoperable and has not responded to treatment.
So we are simply waiting till he dies.
Somehow he is not dead.
He can't speak.
He can't get out of bed.
He can't even feed himself.
There is no look of recognition on his face when I go to see him.
He simply stares ahead.
Somehow his wife keeps visiting him every othe day. She is going through hell. And back in a handcart.
She can't get on with her life whilst he is not dead..
But in every reasonable sense, he is already dead.
Except his body still has a pulse.
The RSPA would prosecute anyone who treated an animal like that. But if I did something, I would be in court for murder.
So I have to wait. And his wife is being forced to suffer.
AIBU?
To want to kill my friend?
ProfessorPreciseaBug · 01/08/2016 07:49
Such a difficult an emotive subject. So hard for his wife and for his friends to see this. It's what we all dread isn't it?
for OP and anyone reading who are going/have gone through similar.
There's no right or wrong way to express your distress. OP can vent here surely.
I remember being angry at the nurse when my uncle was dying. She gave just enough morphine to take the edge off for him. I wanted her to give the whole bottle. I'd have done anything to have taken those three days away from him. They were pointless pain causing days.
I can't imagine what it must be like going through it for months.
It really is a cruel fucker of a disease 
I'm very sorry for you, him and his family and other friends.
it's a cruel world. And you're right a pet would be put out of its misery.
I hope he has a swift and painless passage with his loved ones at his side.
OP I know how you feel.
A few weeks ago I watched my grandfather in hospital. He had a stroke and slowly dies. There was nothing they could do. It was a few days not weeks. I felt the same though.
But I also agree that the title is very distressing. Especially to people who have just gone through this or are going through this.
Personally if I were you, I would ask for it to be changed with some warning on it.
Personally I found this distressing to read. I have been profoundly effected by my grandfathers death and watching it happen. I can't eat or sleep. If I had known what the thread was about I wouldn't have opened it. I did expect a thread about a friend who had done something infuriating.
to you all. I am so sorry you are having to deal with this.
Yes you would be in court for murder as euthenasia is still illegal in the UK. Assuming you are in the UK.
However that's not to say I don't agree with euthenasia. Animals are put out of their suffering and pain. Why not humans.
However it's not your place.
Hopefully he'll slip Away very soon. Like you say. He is dead. He just has a pulse.
My mum was the same. Her spirit died long before her body did.
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Woah, sorry, are we actually saying it's acceptable for US to decide when someone has reached that point?
I am fully in favour of permitting somebody to decide when they want to go but that decision needs to come from them, not their 'friend' 
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