We went through something similar with my father in 1999. He had Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. After a series of strokes, he was taken from the hospital back to his nursing home. My step mother made the decision to take him off the feeding tube. I had a hard time accepting that they were going to let him starve to death. He was in a coma but would move and mumble. He had always recovered before. He seemed to respond to my voice where he wouldn't to others. If I had been allowed to have anything to say, I would have given him longer to recover from his stroke. It was only a matter of days for him before they took him off life support. He was able to swallow jello if someone fed him. My step mother said he had signed a no life support form. I really don't know if he did or not. I just feel that blood kin deserve some say in these matters. We've known them and loved them a lot longer than a wife or husband. Blood is thicker than ink on a document.

For myself, I don't want to be kept alive on life support either but do want a reasonable chance to recover.