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I don’t think Marlena meant for this to apply in a case where there was still hope for recovery? When being on a ventilator might simply be a short term intervention giving her time to recover?
What does everyone think?I’ve been fast forwarding a lot these Days, but I thought there was hope for recovery unless I missed something. Did the doctors say there was absolutely no chance of Marlena making it? Even if they did, I wouldn’t trust them anyway, nor should John. And people from Salem come back from the dead all the time, so why give up hope?
Seems like they’re going in this direction to add more ridiculousness to the show.
is they take her off the ventilator and dramatically she comes out of the coma. Belle I don’t get – acting too lawyer here. On the plus side really enjoying Drake’s acting.
in the sense that the law is the law, no matter how we take the possible outcome. The document is legal and binding, and Belle, as her mother’s attorney (I think she is anyway), was perfectly right in telling John and Eric that regardless of how much hurt and pain it causes them as Marlena’s child and fiance’ (because legally John is not yet her husband), I don’t believe the Court would disagree with her. Sad, but true as it is, I can see everyone’s point here. This is why the first thing doctors ask today when a person is unable to permit even the use of compressions on an unconscious patient, the family is asked if they have a living will or a DNR for the patient; otherwise some docs and hospitals may refuse treatment without one.
I think she will recover and probably just before or when the machines are turned off, and start to breath on her own. I mean, how else are they going to prolong the drama of her waking up. I’m not crazy about Belle either, but I did like her performance through those scenes. I thought MM did a good job. She sure is a good crier, anyway.
I thought the same thing you did, Casey, and even went to read mine tucked away with my will. Mine says to apply the contract ONLY "when there is absolutely no hope of recovery, along with an incurable condition certified to be a terminal condition by two physicians and if the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to artificially postpone the moment of my death and where my attending physician determines that my death is imminent whether or not life-sustaining procedures are utilized."
Sorry for the long post, but this issue is driving me crazy. I don’t think the show is following the official living will directive to physicians because this doesn’t seem to be the situation with Marlena. Her doctors didn’t seem to paint the picture as hopeless.
if they don’t pull the plug? Marlena from the grave? Seems the family or at least the one with the durable power of attorney could take a few days to fully evaluate the situation. No hospital is going to rush into it and my impression is that the lawsuits come when the family DOES NOT want to end life support and the hospital has established brain death and wants to turn it off and even then they go through the courts. This stupid plot line just instills fear about preparing for possibilites with an advanced directive.
Mama, I was wondering the same thing. We know Deidre is on contract, so no way Marlena is going to die. Yesterday when John told Roman "say that again" (or whatever the line was) I was half expecting Roman to say it, John socks him and they somehow end up landing on Marlena. Then she wakes up or whatever. That’s how ridiculous the writing has become.
This is not a situation where Marlena is brain dead or even terminally ill with no chance of survival. That her own daughter would be so intractable on her “duty” to adhere to the letter of the law is incomprehensible to me. John was right to say he would never forgive her.
Technically, she’s not on life support, she’s on a ventilator. BIG DIFFERENCE! She is not brain dead! Many people have to be on ventilators following surgery, that’s technically not life support. So this whole story is a joke and a sham!
convince Belle to transfer Marlena? At least that would give them some additional time. Personally I’d like to see John sneak her out.
I am surprised no one has question if the document is legitimate. Kristen could have easliy put it in Marlena’s paperwork.
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