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200005199 16. To Appoint Guardian and Conservator. To nominate a guardian for my person and a conservator for my estate if such protected proceedings are commenced. 17. To Consent to Medical Treatment. To exercise full right and lawful authority to make and execute all medical decisions concerning my person, including, but not limited to the selection of physicians and health care services, and the use, withholding or discontinuance of mechanical or other life- support systems, and I hereby direct that all physicians and other health care personnel shall act pursuant to the direction of my attorney -in -fact. It is to be understood, however, that I have strong objections to the administration of medical treatment to any person solely for the purpose of preserving that person's life, when the patient treated is neither physically able, nor mentally competent, to enjoy further life. I therefore request that my attorney -in- fact be guided by this expression of my wishes. If I am physically unable to care for myself without constant help, and mentally incompetent to understand my condition and recognize those about me, and my physical and mental condition cannot be significantly improved by further treatment, then I request that no treatment intended solely to prolong my life be applied, and that my life be permitted to end without medical interference. It should be understood that this statement is not intended as a complete rejection of medical treatment intended to relieve pain, or sedation useful in providing for my care during a terminal illness, but it is intended to prevent the application of oxygen, intravenous feeding and similar treatments intended solely for maintenance, when no significant possibility of improvement in my condition is foreseen. It is my wish that no treatment be applied to me when I have reached the condition hereinbefore described, when that treatment is intended merely to support and prolong my life, and not to cure me or improve my condition. 18. To Do All Other Things Necessary in Connection Herewith. In general to do all other acts, deeds, matters, and things whatsoever in or about my estate, property, and affairs, or to concur with persons jointly interested with myself therein in doing all acts, deeds, matters, and things herein, either particularly or generally described, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I could do in my own proper person if personally present, it being my intent to grant to my said attorney a general power to act for me and in my behalf, and not a limited or special power, limited to the specific acts herein described. 51