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Old 01-03-2011, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by The Clk Man View Post
I want to live as long as the Lord needs me on this earth.
I'll second that for me too!

But it's hard watching my father-in-law who, like Kerry's father-in-law, led a very active life and exercised regularly wither before our eyes. He's now confined to a hospital bed and sleeps most of the day after suffering a massive stroke two months ago. He has a tracheotomy tube to breathe and a hose through his nose to his stomach to eat. He can't talk and also lost his sight. And in two weeks the socialized health care system in Perú will send him home where his wife will have to care for him herself, mostly at her expense.

He never wanted to go this way....
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2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

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2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.
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