Ted and Rhoda Fink
Posted on April 29th, 2005 by MoverMike
If you get a chance, read the story of Ted Fink in the WSJ Online, who was burned in a farm accident over 93% of his body. Generally, those who suffer burns over 70% of their bodies don’t make it. His wife, Rhoda, had a choice to make, let him be and let him die or use a new technology of artificial skin that may save Ted’s life, but at what cost to the quality of both their lives? Five years later and 20 operations, Ted is alive and horribly disfigured. He has been able with the help of his son to get back to farming and have his grand child sit on his lap. He can’t lay flat in bed, but he can feed himself and get around with a walker.
Did his wife make the right decision five years ago? “You can’t condemn someone for making choices,” he says. “You make them and you don’t know if they’re good or bad. It’s done and you hope for the best. I can’t begin to put myself in her shoes.”
Life is so precious to some, regardless of the obstacles. What a wonderful attitude he has.
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