Is it wrong....

dougcrann

....to help thankful someone passed away? Recently drove to AZ to visit him. Joe has been in Hospice since the first week of February. He had Spindle Cell Sarcoma,  an extremely aggressive cancer. Please don't get me wrong,  I am upset that he passed...but today was Joes last day in a pay status with the Military....he was a civilian Military employee.  Sandra, his wife, had no idea what she was going to do as his health insurance would have ended today. 

Focker

No, we do it often.

lousubcap

I would offer that asking here means you have an internal answer...

DoubleEgger

No not at all. I'm sure your friend would have not wanted to stress his family and put them in financial ruin due to medical bills. Things tend to happen for a reason. Sounds to me like he is in a better place now and isn't suffering any longer. He is in God's hands and will have eternal life and salvation. Thoughts and prayers to Sandra and the rest of the family and friends. 

pgprescott

It's a blessing. He has peace. 

Jeremiah

I remember often the weeks prior to my father passing. The neurologist already had determined he was essentially brain dead and if he survived the kidney failure he'd be a vegetable for several years before finally succumbing to the kidneys. I'll never forget the sleepless nights begging God to take him so that my mother would not have to endure that. Then spending the other half of those nights crying from guilt for asking such a thing. We were lucky as is his suffering only lasted several weeks. I feel sure now that my mother would not have survived years of watching my father die. I realize now that death is not the worst possibility. My condolences to you and your friends family. 

Eggcelsior

I've seen a lot of death. The only thing better than saving someone is helping them go peacefully so they can avoid suffering.

ETA: I should have said allowing them to go peacefully. That looked kind of weird even though we do get really liberal with pain meds when the end is near.