He has malignant brain tumor. It is gradually growing in spite of radio chemotherapy. Right hemiplegia due to the tumor made him bedridden, but he could eat and talk with his wife until a week ago.
When they were young, he annoyed her often for reasons she never tells. She has taken care of him since he presented with hemiparesis.
I told her that he would remain unconscious and asked her if resuscitative measures should be attempted when he suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. She said “I really love him” and signed the DNAR code.
I was surprised because I had never said such a thing to someone I loved. I wondered if I had ever really loved anyone.
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