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Granny doesn't tend to survive that does she? Wikipedia for the non-medfolk:
rhabdomyolysis
Granny doesn't, no. If she does, she will probably end up so deconditioned that she can't live independently anymore and has to live in a Nursing Home, dependent on other people.

Granny has always thought she would rather die than lose her independence and rely on others to physically care for her, but Granny never had this conversation with her family, and hasn't nominated a person to make medical decisions for her in the case she can't make them for herself.
In the absence of this data, Granny's best friend Mavis who lives nextdoor and sees Granny every day wasn't able to advocate for Granny's wishes (Mavis was the one who discovered Granny on the bathroom floor when she didn't come around for their usual morning tea, as Mavis has a key), and Granny's daughter who lives on the other side of the country and calls her a couple of times a year was automatically nominated as NOK to make medical decisions and pushed for full treatment measures.

Now Granny is chair bound in a Nursing Home, and can't see Mavis because Mavis doesn't drive anymore and there isn't a bus she can easily access. Her daughter is back on the other side of the country, and doesn't call.

Fin.

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