Would you let your mom be this way for 15 years?
Ask her.
She believes in life, and even if she did not I could not kill....she would have had to leave it in writing so that others like you would kill her.
If she hadn't written up a living will, and was smiling at me when I came in the room, yes I would. And if she had written up a living will and was smiling at me when I came in the room, I would do my darndest to provide appropriate care (food, water etc.) for her for as long as she was able to take it. TERRY CAN SWALLOW, TERRY CAN EAT, TERRY CAN REACT TO PEOPLE SHE LOVES.
Time to go vomit. The amount of ignorance on this site lately astounds me.