that is what i am going through. i don t want december 30th at 5 o clock to come. let s talk to alex little. is the judge likely doing the right thing? i think so. this is a tragic situations and every s heart going out to the family. the judge is making the right call. but the judge is determined that she meets the legal definition of dead. but this case is heart wrenching. and we want it make clear, because we get e-mail saying about what shivo. and she wasn t brain dead but a persistent vegetative state.