Hey Reynolds, been reading a while now but figured I should add my two pence on this one :) Last year, we lost our 4 year old daughter, Bethany. She was diagnosed in-utero with multiple congenital heart defects. She grew, she developed, she was tiny, and she had cardiac surgery. The second stage of the surgery was tricky, but it was that or should would die. She was in Guys Hospital for four weeks, and there was complication after complication. At the end of the third week, we knew, right there, we were not going to be bringing her home. The doctors and nurses ressused her each time she suffered a cardiac arrest, managed to get her "numbers" back up to acceptable, and continued to try and treat her. On the Monday we lost her, they told us she had suffered a stroke of some degree, and despite the fact she was only just clinging on to life, we would lose her. But, before we made any decisions, they push for a CT Scan to be done. They nearly lost her twice while moving her and performing the scan, but she held on. In the end, the damage was too severe, and if she survived, she would not be anything but a shell, and we had to make THAT decision. We held her, we cried, and she left us. I've rambled on here, I know. My point is that by saving the life of this man, as the doctors did with Bethany, we were able to say good bye properly. Family was able to come up and say goodbye, and hold her close in her last moments. We didn't get a phone call saying "Come up, we've lost her" and didn't have to say goodbye after the fact. Even if he survives for a few days, people will be able to say farewell to this man as they want to. So my hat off to you. -Dan