Reply #147: Wow...lots of angles on this one....

[Desertrose]

Its hard to cut through all of it....too bad the media got hold of it.

Wonder if one can bottom line this and ask- would she be alive today if not for the intervention of doctors (feeding tube)? If after 13 years of being artificially sustained is there any hope of her condition reversing itself?

There should be no question of who gains what from her death- it should be about what is right for this woman- if others benefit directly or indirectly- it is their conscience and their karma, right?

Usually when people pass on there is a period of not eating. I know before my Mom died she stopped eating for about a week and that allowed the body to shut down. It did not appear to be a painful thing and I have heard it is not. When your entire body shuts down that is the natural way of death- one that we are not used to seeing and accepting as part of the process with hospitals and doctors and resuscitation methods so prevalent. Perhaps part of the reason -or because of the fact we (as a society) are so afraid to die...hell we are even afraid to grow old!

So my question is..is it so wrong to let nature take its natural course, that had no one intervened all those years ago, the woman would have been freed to move on....and conversely so would the family.

It should be about what is best for her...not anyone else.

I personally would not want to trap any of my loved ones in a shell of a body, unless I was specifically asked to keep them in body no matter what...even then it'd be so hard to do....talking is one thing...action another....

This is obviously not for us to resolve but perhaps it does help us find clarity in our own hearts & minds on this difficult subject....
Peace
DR