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Hello, I am writing this because number one, I am searching for answers! I don't know if I will ever find them, but search I must. My dad died in the early morning hours of Feb. 11, 2002 from self inflicted knife wounds to the chest, while hallucinating. He had been fighting Parkinson's since 1987 and had never complained or spoken of wanting to end his life. In fact he had been making plans for the future with my mother, just a few days before his death. Dad had been hallucinating all day on Feb. 10th and my mom thought that this was worse than ever before, but that he would as before, be better the next day. He was carrying on full conversations with people who were not there! saying that the floor was sinking and sand was coming up out of the rug. At one point he was trying to pull pins out of the rug with pliers, which were not there! My questions are why on earth if this was a possibility of his becoming violent, would the doctors allow him to be out of a controlled environment while changing drugs? He had hallucinated before, so why were precautions not taken for this? Why was my mom never told this might happen? My mother had to watch her husband of 25 years stab himself to death. Now what am I suppose to do? I am trying to hold on by reaching out for help! I would like to help others not to have to travel this road of hell we are now on! I will never let this go, it is forever in my mind, I cleaned up the blood! Please, if you can guide me in any way? If I can help others in any way? then my dad's horrible death will not be in vain! Thank you for your time, Johanna Thompson Ontario, California [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn