Brittany Maynard Death- The face of the 'death with dignity movement,' Brittany Maynard, a terminally-ill Cancer patient has finally fulfilled her wish to die on her own terms. Last Saturday, Maynard, 29, purposely ended her life while she was surrounded by her loved ones in her room in Portland, Oregon.
On her final day, she took the lethal medication of sedatives, water and respiratory-system depressants prescribed to her by a doctor as her family and close friends stand beside her.
Maynard was diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, a fatal brain tumor and was advised with only six months to live. Upon knowing her ill fate, Brittany Maynard planned her death in the right time before her sickness struck her.
From California, she decided to move to Oregon, one of the states that support 'death with dignity act.' Her family including her husband, Dan Diaz, her mother Debbie Ziegler and her stepfather, Gary Holmes supported her all throughout her battle with cancer.
In October, she launched her own video campaign in Compassion and Choices, an advocacy organization that strongly supports death with dignity laws nationwide. Brittany Maynard started planning her intended death around spring and during her remaining days, she spent her time with her loved ones to many places she haven't been to fulfill her bucket list.
But as the days are becoming heavier and hard for Brittany Maynard, she has finally decided to fulfill her death wish on Saturday, Nov. 1.
"Brittany suffered increasingly frequent and longer seizures, severe head and neck pain, and stroke-like symptoms," says Sean Crowley, spokesman for Compassion & Choices movement on Sunday night.
Before Brittany Maynard's intended death, she left a goodbye message to her friends and family on Facebook:
"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love," Maynard wrote in a Facebook post. "Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness... the world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers... goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!"
