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00:00:03 So a living will is a document that says if I am unable to make medical decisions for myself and the doctors have concluded that I’m not coming back. I’m in a vegetative state for instance then here’s what I want you to do in that situation. And the benefit of the living will is that it takes the decision away from a spouse or kids so that they’re not worried about losing mom or dad and they don’t have the decision. It’s already made in advance. So you don’t include instructions in there other than

00:00:38 there’s some period of time that the doctors will look at you and then come back and say she isn’t coming back. Generally that’s seven days. So you got you have a week, you’re on a ventilator, and then then the question is, what do I do now? One answer is, well, pull the plug on day eight. Another answer is never pull the plug. I don’t want I want to be kept fed and hydrated until I die naturally. And the other is to pick some limited number of days. Typically, it’s seven days. I’ve seen three. I’ve seen

00:01:07 30. And after that, they’ll pull the plug and you’ll pass away. They’ll make sure that there’s no pain involved.