Discontinuing The Treatments
Jocelyn had been informed by the doctor that they required her consent in order to discontinue the current course of treatment. Nothing was helping Jasper, he said, and nothing was working. They needed her consent to halt everything because she was his primary caregiver. She wasn’t quite certain she could agree completely, though.
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The Message He Left
Even though Jocelyn was aware that the dreaded message would eventually arrive, she still found it hard to accept it when she did. She wasn’t sure she could continue being with Jasper after more than 40 years of going through everything together. How was she to stop his treatments, exactly? That would imply that she was the reason for his demise.