A Great Call Leads to The Best Results
CCC has had a number of calls on our helpline, 1-855-675-8749, which is free & confidential, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Through this line we provide advice, help, and support regarding euthanasia& assisted suicide prevention &/or end-of-life treatment issues. We wanted to share about some calls that we received through the helpline which bring hope for you, our supporters, especially into the final months of this year.
We got a call recently about a man, 95 y/o, who was diagnosed with throat cancer a few days ago and chose to die by MA*D, booked for to die on a Tuesday morning (within 5 days of diagnosis and hospital admission date).
His daughter-in-law called CCC. We spoke over the phone a few times, emailed her info and articles, shared our resources info/overview, texted throughout day. She shared it with her family, her husband and his sister — both the father's POAs.
She informed me her FIL has since changed his mind and was "confused" and decided he's more concerned about after death.
Her latest texts to me:
"Yes. But he was speaking more to me anyway about his lack of awareness of the state of his soul afterward, Separation from God, etc
And..
"I had given my husband information about Compassionate Care, a brochure or flyer, a week ago. He passed that on to his sister, and apparently she had been looking at the site on her own yesterday. She was pretty well prepared for today."
Once the doctors were told the patient decided against receiving MAiD, they wanted to do an assessment of his mental competency after he changed his mind. The family shared they did not need another evaluation for him having changed his mind.
This elderly man is currently in palliative care now back in his residence. The outcome is, because of CCC he is alive, along with his family’s presence and advocacy. We are grateful CCC exists and are ready to help.
Compassionate Community Care (CCC) provides advice, help, and support related to euthanasia and assisted suicide prevention, as well as end-of-life treatment concerns. Our helpline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
During the holiday season, CCC often sees an increase in crisis and helpline calls. Recently, we received a call concerning a 95-year-old man who had been diagnosed with throat cancer just days earlier. Shortly after his diagnosis and hospital admission, he chose MAiD, with the procedure scheduled for a Tuesday morning—within five days.
His daughter-in-law reached out to CCC. Over the course of several phone calls, emails, and text messages throughout the day, we shared information, articles, and an overview of our resources. She passed this information on to her family, including her husband and his sister, who are both their father’s powers of attorney.
Soon after, she let us know that her father-in-law had changed his mind. He was confused and expressed greater concern about what comes after death. She later shared:
“I had given my husband information about Compassionate Community Care—a brochure or flyer—a week ago. He passed that on to his sister, and apparently she had been looking at the site on her own yesterday. She was pretty well prepared for today.”
What deeply unsettled the family was that, after he changed his mind, his doctors wanted to assess his mental competency. Thankfully, their father-in-law is now back in his residence, receiving palliative care, safe at home for the holidays and the New Year.
Because of CCC—along with his family’s presence, advocacy, and love—this man is alive today.
The family has expressed deep gratitude that CCC exists and is ready to help when it matters most.
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