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was probably so shocked when her daughter died that she just couldn't accept what happened. Couple that with her religious beliefs and she just cannot bring herself to give permission to pull the plug because she's praying for a miracle. And since she believes in miracles, taking her daughter off life support would mean she's the one who ends her child's life, so she probably cannot mentally cope with the lifelong "what if" she made the wrong choice. She just can't do it, so she's waiting for her daughter to die on her own and then, in her head, she will believe she did everything she could. Like another poster said, she is stuck in denial. 
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