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 Oh man, this is EVERY guy's worst fear. I've had a heart attack, I'm in a coma, and my fate rests in my wife's hands. Is she going to pull the plug, and move on with her life, or is she going to give me every opportunity to survive. This just happened in California. The North County Times just did an article on Mike Connelly, 56, from Vista California. After a 96 hour ordeal, the family tearfully ordered that the plug be pulled. Connelly's heart had stopped, and after repeated attempts and an incredible 10 minutes later, they were able to get it going again. Ten minutes is a long time. Nobody expected that he could recover from that.
So, just as the order was put in by the family and scripture quoting was finished, he began to respond to his name being called.
I can only try to put myself in his shoes. And of course, if this was my wife making the final decision, it would sound something like this. I'm in a coma...I hear her say, well, Guyville Guy was a helluva guy. We'll miss him. Joe you make the funeral arrangements, Grandma, you order the food for the wake, and we can have this guy in the dirt by 10am on Thursday. I just want to make sure it doesn't mess up my trip to Hawaii, because I made those plans a long time ago, and I am NOT changing my itinerary. You see, this is the precise reason why you have to always think about how you treat your spouse. If you treat her like dog crap, this is what is going to come up and bite you in the ass. It will either be this, or you'll get bit by a snake on the golf course, and by the time you get to the hospital, you'll be completely paralyzed. Some intern doctor will come in the room, his pre-pubescent voice cracking and say, "Well, this guy isn't ever going to be the same, your choices are--" to which your wife, if you've been a prick, will whip up some fake tears and blurt out, "Oh, just pull the plug. He'd have wanted it anyway, no one deserves to live like this. Boo hooo hoooo!" Now you'd be screaming to yourself, "I'm fine, I just can't move is all. Give me ten minutes, and I'll get it together! C'mon man!"
So the moral of the story is...be kind to your wife. Buy her flowers...don't sleep with the housekeeper, and she'll give you at least two weeks on the respirator. It seems like a great insurance policy to me.
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