'Kiano,' 23, has spent the past few days cleaning out his grandpa’s garage..Why is that a big deal? He’s alive..He was scheduled to die September 28. Despite having no terminal illness, two doctors determined Kiano qualified for medically assisted suicide..“He’s trying to be on the happy path, trying to find his way. He’s living with his elderly grandparents and finding purpose helping them,” said his mother, Margaret Marsilla..“Right now, he’s keeping himself occupied cleaning up my father’s garage and backyard.”.These are ordinary chores for most, but monumental progress for a young man not long ago crippled by despair, depression, and a death wish after he learned his near blindness, due to juvenile diabetes he’s had since age four, was permanent..Without his mother’s knowledge, Kiano applied for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) last August 8 and was approved September 7. Ontario’s Marsilla by chance found out about her son's secret plan, but was shut out by doctors and Kiano who fought her “interference.”.She went public. Because of a she-bear mama’s “battle for control” over her son’s life — aided by a massive public backlash — the doctor cancelled Kiano’s date with death..That’s how it works in Canada? A doctor involved in MAiD backed off from assisting a young man’s suicide — not because there’s hope for him to overcome problems — but because he was outed and shamed by outraged Canadians?.What about the troubled souls with no one to fight for them? Those not terminally ill, but for a moment in their lives think death is their only option to escape fear and misery. Or those encouraged by the medical profession to choose MAiD..And though it defies current law, it’s happening — stories surface coast to coast. Whistleblowers exposed seniors are encouraged to choose MAiD so they won’t be a burden. In this rich country, the disabled, tired, homeless, and impoverished seek MAiD because help eludes them. The RCMP just launched an investigation into MAiD being pushed on possibly as many as five veterans by a Veterans Affairs Canada caseworker..It’ll be happening more in March 2023, thanks to a federal government decision that’s universally condemned, including by United Nations human rights experts. Despite ethical questions raised, the Trudeau Liberals are expanding MAiD to include people with mental illnesses assessed as ‘intolerable.’ Within 90 days they can be euthanized..MAiD is gently promoted as a “treatment” option for the depressed and mentally ill. It’s really a ‘final solution’ for the most vulnerable. It’s a perverted, sinister insanity promoted by self-appointed mini-gods who have the power to decide who gets mental health treatment and who gets the needle of death..Is it driven by compassion or a means of taking pressure off health care and mental health costs?.Marsilla doesn’t know if Kiano will sink into that dark place again. He’s blind in his left eye, but clings to hope silicone oil treatment to heal retinal tear repair will salvage some sight in his right eye. What impact will that have on his mental state if it doesn’t?.“Now that it’s wintertime, he usually gets a little bit messed up. He goes through his cabin fever time. Especially now that this is his first winter being blind, I don’t know how he’s going to take it.”.“I’m hoping he doesn’t get into that whirlwind of his mind racing and ‘I don’t want to live type of thing.’”.If that happens, come March, any doctor can assist Kiano with suicide with the law’s full backing..Sure, there’ll be a safeguard — the one in place now. Two doctors must sign off on MAiD. Exactly how did that protect Kiano?.Tens of thousands of Canadians rallied behind Marsilla whose petition Euthanasia — Not Meant For Adults Who Are Not Dying — went viral on social media. She took aim at the doctors involved — Dr. Joshua Tepper and Dr. Laurie Morrison — and Toronto’s MAiD House where the “killing” of her son was scheduled to occur..“The second assessor didn’t do a proper assessment. She just did a Zoom call with him,” said Marsilla..Kiano told LifeSiteNews his mother’s campaign caused Tepper to withdraw support. He wanted his mother to “apologize” and “stop all social media campaigns.”.“(Tepper) said everyone was calling his clinic, calling his phone, sending text messages, saying he’s a murderer, just harassing his clinic to the point where he withdrew his role in my care plan.”.Marsilla won that one, but the fight isn’t over. It isn’t only about her son. It’s about others who are confused..The stress of keeping her son alive impacted her health..“My son obviously doesn’t comprehend what mothers go through, as well. I say to him ‘You losing your eyesight is like I’m losing my eyesight … I’m going through this with you. You suffering is me suffering 10 times more because you’re my son.’”.“I’m not complaining. I’m happy that he’s alive.”.“Once I start feeling better there’s going to be more commotion because of what’s going on in March.”.She’s working on a plan..“Now that people are becoming more aware of what’s going to happen, especially because of what happened with my son, many told me ‘I’ll be there, count me in.’ ”.In 2016 the Liberals legalized euthanasia for those who faced “reasonably foreseeable” death. In 2021 it was expanded to include those with physical conditions deemed ‘intolerable.’ Soon it will expand to include mental conditions deemed ‘intolerable.’.What group is next in this seemingly insatiable desire to put down weak Canadians? Where ends this slippery slope we were warned about?.Do politicians who voted ‘aye’ to expand assisted suicide criteria and medical personnel involved with MAiD think they’re invincible? Will they never get old, disabled, depressed — and pushed to seek MAiD ‘treatment?’.In August, the federal government’s MAiD report revealed assisted deaths increased 32% — to 10,064 — in 2021 over 2020. It said 81% of applicants were approved. And 3.3% of Canadian deaths in 2021 were by euthanasia. Some claim it’s now as high as 5%..Marsilla’s grateful for the massive support she received — including emails forwarded to her by many Western Standard readers..“Everyone saved a life because he would have been dead.”.Kiano called her Wednesday..“I put a bin in front of my father’s house to keep him busy. I hired a couple of workers to help him. He said ‘The bin’s almost full, what are we going to do?’”.“I said, ‘We’ll get another bin.’”.One day at a time, and each one another day her son wouldn’t have had.
