32-Year-Old Newly Wed Father-To-Be Chooses To Go Off Life Support And Die ONE DAY After He Fell From A Tree!

A newlywed and father-to-be who became paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a tree told his family to switch the life support machine off so he could die - just one day after the accident, it emerged today. Tim Bowers, 32, from Indiana loved the outdoors. He fished, camped and helped his father on his northeastern Indiana farm, carving out time for his outdoor passions from a busy life that included a new wife, a baby on the way and a successful auto business. More after the break

But it was in the woods, hunting for deer, where Bowers found time to reflect on his life and faith. 'It was just a time when he could be alone and think about things,' said his sister, Jenny Shultz, an intensive care nurse. That's where the 32-year-old was on Saturday afternoon when those quiet moments turned tragic. The longtime hunter fell about 16 feet from an elevated tree stand and suffered a severe spinal injury that Shultz said left him paralyzed from the shoulders down and dependent on a ventilator to breathe. His brain wasn't affected.

Confronted with the devastating prognosis, Bowers' family asked doctors at Fort Wayne's Lutheran Hospital a hard question: Could Bowers be brought out of sedation so he could be told of his condition and decide for himself whether he wanted to live or die? The doctors said yes. Tim - who has a step son - previously talked with his wife, Abbey, who he married on August 3, about never wanting to spend his life in a wheelchair, so his family knew which way it was likely to go, though it meant never seeing his unborn child. His sister - one of three - has seen this situation happen in her job. But her medical training also meant she understood the severity of her brother's injuries. 

His C3, C4 and C5 vertebrae were crushed. Though his brain was not injured, his body was irreparably broken. Surgery could fuse the vertebrae, but that would only allow Bowers to sit up. He would never walk or hold his baby. He might live the rest of his life in a rehabilitation hospital, relying on a machine to help him breathe. He'd never return to those outdoor activities that gave him such peace. 'We just asked him, do you want this? And he shook his head emphatically no,' Jenny Shultz said. Shultz said her brother — the youngest of four siblings — wanted to talk but couldn't because the ventilator tube was still in place.

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