Have you stood by and watched someone die from starvation and dehydration???? It is awful! There is NO MERCY in it. NONE! It took 4 weeks for a lady to die once they took her feeding tube away....it was awful! She deserves to die with peace and dignity and God being the deciding factor, not a family member who has decided her life is no longer of value. Watch someone die like that and I am sure you would reconsider. As was stated earlier, there was no written directive.