nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. Michael Hickson's widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with significant disabilities.

Melissa Hickson says no one asked her husband Michael, shown here with stepdaughter Mia, if he wanted to keep getting treatment. "He would say: 'I want to live. I love my family and my children ... that's the reason for the three years I have fought to survive,'" she says.



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One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities

The hospital said it made a humane decision to end treatment. Michael Hickson's widow says doctors ended his care because they underestimated the life of a man with significant disabilities.