Charles’ suffering lasted for months. Suffering from bone cancer, the young man died in the summer of 2021. But before dying, Caroline Marcoux, his mother, made him a promise: to do everything so that medical assistance in dying is available. for mature young people. Those who are not yet 18 years old.
“He was tired of suffering, of worrying,” said Mme Marcoux at the microphone of Sophie Durocher, via QUB radio.
Because to see death approaching, no matter how old you are, it’s far from easy. Charles bit into life. He never gave up and fought until the end. But the last month, in June 2021, the pains just got too bad. He inquires about medical assistance in dying.
“He was born three months too late,” said his mother.
Finally, at the end of July, Charles is entitled to palliative sedation, the only choice left to him.
“He was asleep, but he didn’t look well, as if the medication wasn’t enough,” Ms.me Marcoux.
But what Charles really wanted was the only control he still had over his life: to choose when he died. A moving interview that makes you think.