[Qwinn]

" In the meantime, we all have much to be grateful for... but this doesn't erase the fact that she should have had a DNR."

That assumes that she in fact wanted to be killed. It's also possible that she (like me) assumed that in the case of no living will, the law would default to her being allowed to live.

Before this, I would never even have thought that my spouse's word ALONE could be used to put me to death.

So we have the luxury of learning a lesson that Terri never got a chance to: Don't assume that just because you don't ask to die, they won't kill you anyway.

Qwinn

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Sorry, I misspoke... I meant to say that she should of had a living will. We should all have it in writing. I remember the earlier Florida case that Felos was involved in... where the elderly woman was starving to death.

My mother blithely said, "No worries! I have a living will." And that is exactly when I did start worrying... it doesn't matter what she has written down. I can see my siblings and I marching off to court, on different sides, arguing for or against her care. The living will may prevail, but I think this type of strife would drive a terrible wedge between family members. It truly is a frightening scenario.