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I know that I don't post here that much, but I know there are many people of faith here, and I want to ask you for your prayers. A friend (who is also a friend of my family) had a stroke a few days ago, and he is currently in the hospital, paralyzed from the neck down. His name is George, and he is from Germany but lives in California. I just heard today that his condition has gotten a bit worse, apparently he has a lung infection and a fever, and is partially on a respirator. The good thing...

New Zealand-born Kate Adamson-Klugman experienced a double brainstem stroke in 1995 at the age of 33. She was helpless and completely paralyzed, suffering from "locked-in syn­drome." Kate thought she was clear in her own mind about what she would want if she ever experienced a catastrophic injury or illness. She knew she would face death bravely; she wanted no heroics. But as she lay in an intensive care unit, listening to the doctors talk about her own impending death and their plans not to treat her, her ideas of medical aid toward incapacitated persons drastically changed. Her own will to...