Cogito, Ergo Sumana for 2005 March 24 (entry 1)

# 24 Mar 2005, 01:33PM: Take Care: San Francisco Chronicle readers and a Salon editor tell their stories of continuing or ending extraordinary care for family members during severe illnesses. I cried.

Death may be slow and gradual for me or it may be a flash of white and pain. In case someone else has to make that awful decision, I need to write up an advance health directive and a durable power of attorney for my sister to use.

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