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Don't you dare call me pro-death, but I was wondering, why exactly do they need to see a living will if she's not comatose?

I'm not sure what you're talking about. How did I manage to call you pro-death when you hadn't even posted to the thread yet?

BTW, I was not refering to any FReepers at all when I said:

"I really hope FReepers aren't so thrashed from the Schiavo fight, that we stop duking it out with the pro-deathers as we hear about this sort of thing happening more and more."

I was refering to The Hemlock Society, Partnership For Caring, Choice in Dying, The American Euthanasia Society, etc. Those are the Pro-Deathers.

Those are the people I want us duking it out with, not each other!

As for "why do they need the living will if she isn't comatose"? That's a good question. I could speculate based on other cases I've heard about, but I won't. I don't want to get any false rumors started; I just want the facts.

As for "why do they need the living will if she isn't comatose"?

Standard operating procedure at hospitals, nursing homes and hospice to ask for the living wills, DNR requests, power of attorney..etc. to have on file.