Everything that I've heard or read states that the woman has been certified as having virtually no brain function. There is no evidence to indicate that any of her responses are any more than the body's reactions to stimuli. She doesn't react (with respect to brain function) in anyway when presented with any of her family members. Her physical reactions to people are that of a newborn infant. The doctors think that she doesn't even know that she's looking at people, just like a newborn.

She told numerous friends and family members that she would never want to live her life that way, and to disrespect her wishes is disgusting to me. I don't care if her husband did it to her; she didn't want to live in a vegetative state and expressed that, just as I have. She's not in a coma and is not going to improve. She hasn't in almost 13 years. She irreparable brain damage. It cannot be reversed. And even if there was a discovery, she'll likely be to old to be a viable candidate for it in the far distant future when it would be available.

I pray that my family would never allow me to exist in that way and would do the right thing and let me die.