In Matter of Christopher, 177 Misc. 2d 352 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1998], Parkway Hospital sought to insert a feeding tube into the stomach of a 79-year-old woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her son opposed the application stating that his mother would not have wished it. While the mother was not in a persistent vegetative state or a coma, the court noted that "for all intents and purposes, she is brain-dead, unable to walk, incontinent and in pain." (Matter of Christopher, 177 Misc. 2d at 356.) Stating that such decisions would best be left between medical personnel and family members, the court held that the hospital's application to insert the feeding tube would be against her wishes, futile, and unnecessary. (Id.)