Life or Death

What will you do if you have a relative in ICU in a very critical condition? Do you want to let him go and be pain free? Or do you want him alive suffering and without all the machine that's helping him he will die? We had a patient in the same condition. The patient can't decide for herself because she was poorly so it was the relatives' choice what they want. It was hard for them so they hang on for few months even there was only a little chance that the patient will get better. But then the patient got worse so last night they said their goodbye. After all the patient's suffering they let her go...