Originally Posted by sfloriII

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....