And it took extraordinary measures even to resuscitate her in the first place. Several jolts from the defibrillator over a period of around 30 minutes, and powerful drugs to try to restore regular sinus rhythm. After so long without oxygen, her brain was irreversibly damaged, despite the fact that medical science was able to keep her body alive for 15 years.
Truly, our ability to sustain life has exceeded our wisdom in knowing when not to.
Just because we *can* do a thing it does not follow that we *must* do such a thing.