I understand, though, the desire to go out on one's own terms.
My father--at 91--after being confined to a wheel chair (because of falls) in a nursing home, unable to really feed himself, change
the channels on TV, read the paper, or figure out how to push the buttons to play music
on a tape player, decided to stop eating. He'd had enough and I respected his decision. The nursing
home wanted to put in a feeding tube, and according to my dad's advance directive, he didn't want
that. He became comatose within a day and death followed several days later.
Personally, I think there should be gentler options available to people who have outlived
their bodies and decided it's time to go. So, I agree, I wish another option had been available
to your sister in law's father.
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