I think there are quite a few people who enter into lifelong marriage commitments without realizing that when you say "sickness and health..." Yes, that's what you're signing up for. There may come a time when you're the only person your partner trusts to make those calls.

Funny, i thought the exact opposite. "How lucky!" She was so fortunate to be there at the end and have the ability to take action.

Watching a loved one die, slowly, while you stand by helplessly observing their pain... that is much worse.

She obviously did not feel this way. She had no support from the medical establishment she was surrounded by. I imagine it was isolating, and made a painful moment worse.

Lucky in the sense that she could help her husband, but unlucky in that she had no support, mentally or medically, for her actions. I can't imagine how lonely she must have felt in a time when she so desperately needed others around her.