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Wednesday Jun 29, 2005
Killer Tattoo
With all the recent discussion around Living Wills following the Terri Schiavo case, we were reminded that back in March of 2003 the BBC reported that an 85 year old retired English nurse went to the length of having the words “do not resuscitate” tattooed across her chest to ensure that she would not be kept on life support. Frances Pollak paid a mere 25 pounds to get this life-denying lettering tattooed over her heart -- the exact spot that would need to be shocked, should she go into cardiac arrest. Apparently, she was worried that doctors wouldn’t see her ‘do not resuscitate’ card that she carries in her handbag. We’ve heard of people tattooing ‘life-changing’ quotations on their body, but the ‘DNR’ tat takes the cake – Pollak’s instructional ink is literally the difference between life and death. Being that this article was written a couple of years ago, it would be really interesting to know if she is still around, and if medical professional ‘obeyed’ the tattoo. We’re really impressed by this lady’s tenacity and sheer will to do things her own way. We’re giving her a definite big ups for having the balls to go the extra mile.
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Wow. Can you give us a link to the article?
Posted by: ciderspiller at January 18, 2006 9:06 PM
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