I think that if the Oakland hospital was more kind to the mother, she would have accepted the death of her daughter. This would have allowed the mother to move

I think that if the Oakland hospital was more kind to the mother, she would have accepted the death of her daughter. This would have allowed the mother to move on and not totally waste her life caring for - by all definitions - a dead teenage girl. I feel that the stories about her 'voluntary movements' are probably wishful thinking. And even so. What kind of quality of life does her daughter really have. Not to mention: how will her other children fare under this whole ordeal. In some way her religious attitude has caused her to make a ton of bad decisions. And now to admit that her girl is actually dead is inconceivable. Because then she basically admits that the past years were for nothing. But the sad truth is that in reality, the mother lives in a fantasy world. Her girl is no more and for the sake of herself and her children, she should really move on and find a way - left or right - to come to terms with the fact that although her girl may seem to be alive, she isn't (anymore).