Emerson Moran

“In a medical crisis, do we treat or not treat? What’s moral, what’s ethical? Do we risk heart surgery, colostomy, chemotherapy? Or do we let nature take its course?

Nothing prepared us for issues like these. And Pat can’t decide for herself, so it’s up to me.

Some nights, when answers don’t come, the loneliness of Alzheimer’s can be worse than the certainty of knowing how it’s all going to end, no matter what I do or don’t do.”

"Kidnapped by Alzheimer’s" by Emerson Moran
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 18 March 2004
Health&Science page 7