Married 41 years​ and racked with pain, ​N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAID

Married 41 years​ and racked with pain, ​N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAID

Lee Goguen says her parents' decision to receive medical assistance in dying at Saint John Regional Hospital gave the couple, who were both suffering from cancer, a merciful and peaceful death.

Palliative care patient says "I do" to partner of 42 years | Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

This is the emotional moment end-of-life patient Carol Elizabeth Lee said “I do” to her partner of 42 years Philip Stanley Pettit from her hospital bed. The couple tied the knot at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick where Carol, who has inoperable stomach cancer, was being cared for. Fighting back tears, Carol, aged 75, from Oldbury, said: “Philip always wanted to get married. It’s the one thing I can do for him before I d…

Married 41 years and racked with pain, N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAID #Canadian #CDN #CDNNews

Around 10:45 on the morning of Feb. 25, Lee Goguen asked her father if he had any last requests. The death that was coming to 70-year-old Gerald Goguen was the death he had chosen weeks in advance and his wife of 41 years had chosen to go with him.    Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008, Gerald’s health had started to deteriorate sharply in the months leading up to Christmas. Coby Goguen, 62, also had cancer that had spread and eaten into her…