Sean Davison and Carole Sweney. Photo / Kapiti News
Carol Sweney knew little about voluntary euthanasia as she watched her husband die a long and painful death from motor neuron disease.
The disease robbed Ian Carrie's body of movement even though his mind was active.
"It was awful for me to see him like that. He was absolutely trapped,"
she said.
"He couldn't walk or swim and eventually couldn't even read because the pain relief would put him to sleep."
He told his wife he wanted to die with dignity. He was dying when the Death with Dignity Bill was introduced to Parliament. The bill aimed to give terminally or incurably ill people the right to request an assisted death by a medically qualified person.
