Crime Of Passion By Barbara Huttman

Nurse Huttman was not a murderer in my eyes. She just respected that poor man’s wishes, to let him die and to make his pain go away. This previous story called “Crime of Passion” written by Barbara Huttman is a small narrative where she tells us about how she was accused of murder for letting a man pass away per his request of suffering enough. He was hospitalized for the longest and was tired of fighting for his life, tired of being saved and looking all worn out in his last days. This was very controversial for Barbara. She’s trying to prove she was innocent by sharing her experience and that patients should have the right to live or die. Barbara should not be held accountable for her actions. The purpose for her actions was because her patient

Mac was a young macho described by Barbara own words. He was a cancer patient that was once a healthy young man in over the time he deteriorated due to his sickness. The staff in her hospital had saved Mac’s life plenty of times, until he was stable, but only Barbara knew the pain he truly felt. She recalls when they were in the room with him while assisting him, he told them “ Mercy… for God sake, please just let me go.” This process would repeat over and over again upon Barbara’s eyes. This was killing her inside. How Mac would beg for them to let him go each time. However, the law wouldn’t allow this because it was considered a crime to let the patient die without trying to save him one more time. She said patients didn’t have the right to choose their

The main reason why it made sense was because Mac was begging to let him go. Overtime he had grown weak. He wasn’t able to function fully for his self. They had to feed him through a tube, and Barbara will help assist him with any movement. After many treatments, studies, and being saved many times, his condition worsened more. And just like he suffered, so did his wife when she would see him battle for his life in a hospital bed. As described in the story his wife Maura went from looking like a “young woman into a haggard, beaten old lady.” Meaning, it was most probably rough for her to be there for his husband and taking care of three kids at the same time. It is certainly draining, more when it’s cancer we’re talking about. You never know if the treatments will work or fail, and it is really like stressing to constantly think about what could go wrong. Mac most definitely didn’t want his kids to see him in that state either or for them to see their mother ‘s down due to