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Either she was dead, her soul had moved on, and they were keeping an empty husk warm, which is pointless. Or her soul was trapped in an innert meat-husk and unable to move on, which is unimaginably cruel. (Or there is no such things as souls, which is the same thing as her soul moved on, for practical purposes).
But turning off a respirator is different than removing a feeding tube, because when you remove the respirator there is still air available. A feeding tube may be medical treatment, but food is like air, it should still be available. They should have removed the tube, and then allowed people to try to feed her by hand, so that she isn't being denied the opportunity to eat if she wants to. Yeah, I know, she didn't want anything anymore, but I think it would make a difference. Removing a feeding tube isn't necessarily the same as being denied food, if she hadn't been denied access to food then there would have been less controversy. The parents may have been deluded themselves if they thought she was getting better, giving her the opportunity to eat and having her not eat might have shown that she had no voluntary movements.
Angela Christine
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