"Even God had not answered me. He had remained locked in the churches, protected in the convents, he had made some chalk statues of Madonnas cry and he had allowed the doctors to go ahead with this absurdity."
Piergiorgio Welby, paralyzed muscular dystrophy patient who could not eat, talk, or breathe on his own, as quoted from a 2002 blog entry. Welby had been requesting to been euthanized since being placed on a respirator after falling into a coma in 1997. Last week, a doctor turned off Welby's respirator, allowing him to die. Welby also wrote on his blog what he imagined dying would be like: "Dying must be like falling asleep after making love, tired, tranquil with that sense of wonder that pervades everything."