Last spring I went down to help my brother as we watched his wife die of cancer. This after he went through the same thing with our mom the year before, and our dad six years before that. Our dad had them pull his feeding tube, still took him several days to die at 80 years old and looking like a prisoner from Auschwiz.
If you've never seen someone die of cancer, it's pretty easy to say they are giving up the fight or wimping out. If you've gone though it, you might have a different perspective.
Our medical profession does a wonderful job keeping people "alive" when there is 0 quality of life. Palliative care is sorely lacking.
There's a fine line between providing a fatal dose of a pain killer, and doctor assisted suicide.
For those condemning her actions, I pray you never have to see a loved one go through the agony of terminal cancer.
