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BOB ROTH | COLUMNIST
I know I am blessed to say that I
had my dad, Sheldon Robert Roth,
affectionately known as "Noodles," for
60 years. I lived in the same state for
the past 28 years, the same town for the
last five, and was part of his daily life for
the last two years of his life. Not many
transplants here in the Greater Phoenix
area are fortunate, like I was, to get this
very precious gift of time. Almost seven
weeks ago, Dad passed away. Seven weeks
before he died Dad made an important
decision, that ended up being his final gift
to us. Dad’s choice to go “on hospice”
was a gift of comfort and “time.”
This decision was a gift for two reasons.

First, Noodles was fully in control of
his choice and second, my brothers and
I, and our families, could immediately
assume our role of supporting this
informed decision. The operative word
being “informed.”
But first, the events leading up to this.

Noodles was the bionic man. Living to
within three months of his 87th birthday
was in large part due to medical science
and technology. He had a pacemaker, a
watchman and a transcatheter aortic valve
Noodles receiving a kiss from his son, Bob Roth.

COURTESY OF BOB ROTH
replacement (TAVR). Dr. Google can
explain in depth if you are not familiar
with these groundbreaking advances
in cardiac care. Hospitalizations and
procedures went according to the script of
“The Six Million Dollar Man,” “We can
rebuild him, we have the technology …”
That is, until they couldn’t rebuild
him anymore. At a point of no return,
hospitalizations and procedures were
not rebuilding him. They were breaking
him. This has nothing to do with the
exceptional care Dad received. Doctors
are hardwired to seek solutions and
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