Similar here. Dad's throat was damaged by polio in 1951. By Y2K he couldn't swallow so a feeding tube was put in near his navel. (As well, he had a lifetime of normal mobility but general weakness while using wrong muscles in place of polio-damaged muscles). He was otherwise in his right mind and capable of living alone, going shopping, etc. After the feeding tube and baby food down a funnel, he said he was a walking dead man. At that point, age 88, he told me life was no longer worth living and he wanted to go to Oregon where assisted death is legal. But instead he had a stroke then died in the hospital within 24 hours. I think that's what he would have wanted if he could plan his end of life.
Folks, get your vaccinations. I watched his lifetime of the bad luck of catching polio just before the first vaccine was available. His year in an Iron Lung (hospitalized in a pressurized cylinder) then a lifetime of limited muscles isn't what anyone wants. In fact his brother fared worse. Lifetime in a wheelchair and needed to support one hand with the other to lift a coffee mug. Don't listen to the anti-vaxxers!
