Some patients find peace at the end.
For others, the act of dying can be worse than the death. Unwanted medical intervention, pain and poor communication often mar the final days of our lives. Defying the odds by living for more than five years with heart failure and colon cancer, Virginia Ivy now is ready to die. She has asked her eldest son to act in her behalf if someday she's unable to speak for herself. When her heart stops, she doesn't want anyone to restart it.