Janice and her son, George, Jr. are in route to St. Louis to bring back a daughter who is having financial difficulties and couldn't afford to make the trip to Kentucky on her own. George is still in the hospital, with a heartbeat created by his pacemaker, and on all kinds of other tubes, etc. All four of his doctors say there is no hope, but, the decision to remove life support is one they all feel the family must make together, since there is no will and/or DNR. One son, who has a history of violence, drug abuse and has been in prison, is terrorizing the rest of his family. He has been kicked out of the hospital several times, and everyone is afraid of him. He is refusing to sign an agreement to remove life support until he gets an agreement about his share of assets. They did mutually agree last night to not have extraordinary measures taken to reverse defib, if it happens again. He coded three time already before becomming completely comatose, and heis ribs are fractured.

Supposedly, when the sister gets into town, they'll agree to remove life support. He's too

large to fit into the mechanism to do a brain scan, but all medical people think that's not necessary. I spent most of the night last night with him and will be there most of the time until his family returns from St. Louis.

What a mess! Really shows why we all need to have our affairs in order.

Thanks to everyone for your concern. I've let Janice know about your good thoughts.

You're a big help to me right now.


Russ