Lawrence Henry writes of his own medical situation today on The American Spectator's website, in the context of Terri Schiavo's death. Larry has had two kidney failures — first his own, and then his transplaneted kidney, and today is on dialysis. It is a deeply moving, highly personal article, the type for which Larry is justly renowned. The entire article should be read by everyone.

Am I on life support? I suppose I am. Long before the Schiavo case broke on the national scene, when I felt at my worst, as I thumbed through a file on my desk, I found the health—care proxy I had signed before my second transplant. A health—care proxy is of course not a living will. Nonetheless, moved by some impulse I did not then understand, I tore it up. I find myself quite reluctant to sign another.

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