I personally know of folks who you would see as canidates for death. One is my Grandmother. She is 100 years old. She is in and out of Altzheimers. She just got over double pneumia and off the liquid diet and on solid food. For awhile there it was ify. When it was ify we relied on her living will for her wishes - no heroic efforts to sustain her. For awhile while ill she was NOT eating at all and the feeding tube issue came up. We declined because it was her wish NOT to be on that. They were getting ready to give her morphine. but we noticed even at 100 years old and ill she still wanted to live! So we declined again.
Slowly she got better. She's now walking around after being bed ridden. She's doing her social stuff again and eating solid food. If you EVER ask her, do you still want to live? She'll look at you like your crazy and say OF COURSE! She is a VERY strong willed woman.
Does she fear death? Absolutely not. She loves her children, their families and her grandchildren. She lives because she loves. Someday when she does go t heaven I have no doubt there will be alot of celebrating going on. Her husband will be rejoicing.
She is athe real mccoy when it comes to being a Christian - belief wise and knowledge wise. She knows it is NOT up to her to take her life. It is up to God. He will do that when He deems so and not before. She knows she is to do the best she can in this life till it is time for her to go to heaven. It's called being obedient to God and letting His will prevail.
I am thrilled that she is here. Even at 100 years old. My daughter loves her too! She's only four and so fortunate to KNOW her Great Grandmother. She is just as delighted to see her and all her other grandchildren and their babies. I'm one of 13 grandchildren. Of those 13 grandchildren we have about 40 children between us. Oh, forgot to say my grandmother had four children. She is VERY blessed and so are we. We wouldn't even consider murdering her because she was too old.