Assisted dying debate: ‘My husband begged me to help him die’
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By Kirsteen Paterson
Liz Wilson knows love, and she knows death. She went through both with her husband Craig, who died in a hospice less than a year ago.
The stay-at-home dad, 45, died in December after an aggressive form of cancer spread through his body, robbing him of almost all functions in his final days.
All he had left at the end was pain, thirst and love for his family.
Liz, from Cumbernauld, said: ‘We didn’t want Craig to go. He loved his life, he loved his daughter, but palliative care isn’t always enough.
‘He was only in the hospice for two months, but it was too long. It was far too long. We say you wouldn’t let an animal suffer, what about people? He used to say, “Why can’t I go to sleep and die?”. At times he would be begging to go.’
Liz is one of several Scots involved in the Dignity in Dying campaign, which is calling for a law change to allow adults in the last stage of their life to end it.
The campaign wants the Scottish Parliament to make the provision for peopl...
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