[crankylinuxuser]

Is there a living will? What is their wishes, either written or verbally spoken?

In cases where we have to make hard decisions like this, I find some solace that they have made their decisions ahead of time so that we only complete their requests.

I don't envy you at all in this. The same thing happened to my dad, except the life-saving measures failed, and the doctors said there was nothing else they could do. They gave my mom an 'out', since it was not her choice.

[scotty79]

No will, no specific wishes, except for 'be healthy' and 'if not possible, die on the operating table'. No way to obtain them now. Even so they'd make no difference. Ending life is prohibited by both law and religion of the land. Any attempt to do less than possible to keep her alive would be illegal and religiously immoral. We just have to wait till life-saving measures will fail.