I know if that were me, lying there for thirteen years, I would not want to do it any longer. You can't even really call that "life" ... how very sad.

I don't think she should be kept alive any longer. It's not life, it's existance, and barely at that. However, I think it's terribly sad that she also has to starve to death over a period of weeks. That's the best we can come up with? And we like to think of ourselves as so civilized and advanced ... and the best we can do for a comotose woman is to let her starve to death? That is even more sad.