When my mother was dying from pneumonia (after it had destroyed her lungs), she had been on a respirator for several weeks and was only getting worse. She also

When my mother was dying from pneumonia (after it had destroyed her lungs), she had been on a respirator for several weeks and was only getting worse. She also had been unconscious because she had been "fighting" the machine. She had told us that she never wanted to end up that way, but she did not have an advance directive on record. The family made a decision to pull the plug and her doctor administered a large dose of morphine to ease her passing. She went peacefully. We were all very grateful to the doctor for this.