Three goodbyes in three days: Why these parents watched their children die at home

With all the lies and deceit from politicians, it is good to read about humanity--even this heart wrenching sad story.







Three goodbyes in three days: Why these parents watched their children die at home
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4334063-three-goodbyes-three-days-why-these-parents-watched-their-children-die-home


By Washington Post Today at 1:37 p.m.

Samuel, back left, with Christopher, James and Elizabeth Chappell in October 2016. MUST CREDIT: Courtesy of the Chappell family

Years of suffering - and months of struggling with the decision to end it - had brought them here: To a bright white living room where three of their children lay side by side by side, waiting to die.

Les and Celeste Chappell loved the children, of course, and the thought of letting them go was excruciating, but holding on was just as painful.

The children - Christopher, 20; Elizabeth, 19; and James, 15 - had been ravaged by a ruthless neurological disorder that, over the years, had stolen their ability to see and to swallow, to move and to remember. Life support was only prolonging the inevitable.

So one Thursday in July, at their home in Springville, Utah, their parents braced themselves for what would become a long weekend of death..............................................