介绍： After three weeks he was still completely unconscious, and the tube caused him to have a constant, painful sore throat. I talked to his four grown children and told them I thought we should insert a tube directly into his stomach through a small hole so he could be fed without so much pain.

三周后，他依旧昏迷...

介绍： After three weeks he was still completely unconscious, and the tube caused him to have a constant, painful sore throat. I talked to his four grown children and told them I thought we should insert a tube directly into his stomach through a small hole so he could be fed without so much pain.

三周后，他依旧昏迷不醒，而导管使他的喉咙经常疼痛。我与他的四个成年孩子商量，告诉他们我认为该把一根导管通过一个小洞直接插进他的胃里，这样喂食他就不会那么痛苦。

I also told them, " I can remove the tube and just let him swallow whatever he can. Chances are he won't live long, but he won't be in pain. "

我还告诉他们说："我可以把导管拿掉，就让他吃些他能吃得下的东西。有可能他活不长久，但他不会太痛苦。"

No one wanted to take the responsibility for permitting an operation, yet no one would give permission to stop feeding the patient entirely.

没有人愿意承担允许施行手术的责任，也没有人愿意允许完全停止给病人进食。

As a result, the poor man continued on for nearly three more months with a painful throat and frequent bleeding caused by sores in the mouth.

结果，可怜的老人又多活了近三个月，喉咙依然疼痛不已，嘴里也因疼痛而经常出血。