Yes, the only really living part of her brain was the Brain stem, which was kept her vitals alive.
She lost just about everything else, including those parts of the brain which register pain and suffering. So really she had no clue what was going on.
BTW, people who have buliemia and anorexia are very good at keeping it a secret. Ive dealt with one on a daily basis for the last 3 years. Shes been able to keep it from both her mom and brother (whom she lives with) for over 4 years, so its quite possible.
She uses such techniques as throwing up with running water on (in the bathroom), fans, no one home, etc.
Buliemia is harder to target because they eat, so they seem normal. But they never gain weight. Tell tale signs are loss of hair, energy and frailness. A woman who really wants to protect her identity will probably be able to keep it from anyone if they play their cards right. I would indeed say the husband should have been more intrusive, but it may have been too late.
So as for the husband stopping her, how do you do that? Buliemia, like any other sickness, is an addiction of the mind. Its one of the hardest things to crack and after years of doing it you permanantly damage your body beyond repair. Even if he had found out, she probably would have needed clinical help and he couldnt have forced her to do it, she would have had to do it on her own free will.
Obviously her looks were FAR more important to her than her husband and family. Whats more messed up? Him not finding out, or her putting herself before her husband?
Also, whats wrong with cremation? I find burial another way of a family "not letting go". ITs also rediculously expensive these days. I wish to be cremated when Im gone because I dont want my family and friends to make an annual trek to some cemetary to cry and weep over my dead body.
Instead, i want them to share stories, pictures and video of me, crying, but smiling at the same time. No one does that over a grave, they do it at home in the comfort of one another.
Her parents are the sick ones IMO. Who keeps a "body" alive for 15 years? She was barely enough to be considered a human, considering she was thoughtless, feelingless and unaware of anything and everything. What kind of existance is that and what kind of parents do that to their own child?
Obviously ones who CANT LET GO. Obviously they still cant let go either, which is just going to bring them more pain and more suffering. Not by anyone else, but by their own choice.
Anyone else see the irony of her being buliemic, getting into this position, then the fight being over the feeding tube?