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That was a good article. Lots to consider there.

It actually confirms we did the right thing with our mom. She had lung cancer and was in hospital waiting for some new procedure where they put something through her nose and it had meds on it to treat cancer. Very new at that time (1990). That night before surgery she had a seizure. Lasted 1 more week with use of anti-seizure meds and breathing machine. The Dr told us that he ordered a brain wave test but we needed to start thinking about what to do. He explained very clearly that what made mom, mom, was gone. We told him we'd wait until the tests came back but that night she passed away. Thanks to God, we didn't have to make that decision but we had decided that if her tests came back that she had no brain activity, we would turn the machine off.

Sorry about what you went through with your mom and her illness. Same thing happened to my mom with lung cancer. She was unable to breath on her own any longer and would have to be put on a vent, which we would have then had to turn off. Thankfully, it didn't come to that. She passed away last June l5th.

The Schiavo case is totally different. I'm sure you know that. Terri was not "allowed to die", she was killed on purpose. If loving husband Michael did not intervene and have her murdered by slow starvation and dehydration, she would be here today.

My mother wouldn't.