Shortly before the accident, Eluana had paid a visit to a friend in a coma, and expressed to her father her firm will never to be kept alive artificially in case something similar should ever happen to her.
Poco antes del accidente, Eluana había visitado a una amiga en coma, y había expresado a su padre su firme voluntad de no ser mantenida nunca viva artificialmente en caso que algo similar le pasara alguna vez.