Look - you've got a gangrenous limb that just seems to be sat there causing you grief.
If you cut it off there is a chance it might grow back.
I can't imagine how scary it must be and feel for you. The fact the w say's she would be loosing a part of herself surely indicates that when she actually feels the loss it might cause her to actually fully coomit.
Yeah seems everyone is only able to understand hard consequences.