You know I have a family friend whose child was born with severe disabilites, but a strong will to live, she's 37 now and has been cared for almost like a baby for her whole life. Her parents and kin love her, and you would never know from their demeanor that they have had this kind of responsibility, cross, as some people have called it, for nearly 40 years.
I do understand a person hoping they are never put in that position, but these people are such a superior caliber of human being, that you feel like you're in the presense of Saints when you're around them. They are made of nothing but Love.
You know they asked Christopher Reeves if the plug should be pulled and his wife said no way.