By Raquel Mustillo THE final painful and traumatic days of Limestone Coast stalwart Viv Maher were tearfully recounted by her son Kyam at last week’s voluntary assisted dying vigil.
The Labor heavyweight held back tears as he told a crowd of around 60 voluntary euthanasia supporters at the Mount Gambier event of his mother’s final days following her decision to stop cancer treatments.
“I remember on the morning of August 11, 2017 and the afternoon before, when my mother was towards the end of her battle with pancreatic cancer,” Mr Maher said. “She brought myself, my broth...