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He was intubated because it was necessary during the transportation and the surgery. They said that they didn't want my dad stop breathing while being transported if anything happened during the trip. Plus, they said the surgery causes a lot of trauma and I think they were afraid the breathing would stop.

A few days after the surgery, he couldn't even breath on his own: MRI showed that parts of his brain were damaged. At that time, I think it's more sympathetic to let him go instead of making his life depending on a ventilating machine for the rest of his life.




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