If we would have suggested to our son to consider medical assistance in dying, or if his health care providers had said to him, “Would you like to consider medical assistance in dying?”, the message he would have heard is “We're giving up on you.” That would have led to despair, and that would further entrench the desire to have medical assistance in dying.
We are incredibly grateful and thankful that our health care providers and that we, as parents, were given the strength to ensure for Markus that every day was going to be a day worth living, no matter how much suffering came.