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07-26-2009, 01:37 AM
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comfortably numb...
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Location: upstate
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Living Will
Last night, my husband and I were sitting in the living room and I said to him, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.'
He got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine...
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