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, �q- 14QS�i POWER OF ATTORNEY John F. Kruse, a resident of Hall County, Nebraska, hereinafter referred to �s Principal, desiring and intending to � establish a Po;aer of A'�torney opexati�e under Article 15 of Chapter 49 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes, does hereby appoint, constitute, and designat� my spouse, Ima Jean Kruse, of Hall County, Nebraska, herefnafter referred to• as Agent, �he lawful . and true Agent and attorney in fact f�r Principal; bnd Principal does h�reby further provide as follows: F 1. Principal hereby confers upon and grants ta Agent � plenary rower, without limitation. Agent shall have authority to exercise on behalf c:i Principal (i) all general powers set forth in Article 15 of Chaptei 49 of the Nebraska RE�vised Statutes, (ii) generally and universally the authority a,nd power to act as and to be an alter ego of the Principal as to anything and �verything not fully within the scope of those enumerated general powers, and (iii) to the full extent pzacti�able the po•aer and auth4rity, withou� res�rvation or restriction, to do or omit tn do any act for or on behalF of the Principal which a competen� person could do or amit to do on his or her own behalf. 2. If at any time I am physically or mentally incapable of giving a vali��i consent to medical treatment, including surgery, and a l�censed physician gives an opinion that medical or surgical proc�edures should be performe� upon me before� I would , be likely to regain my ability to give �ny consent, then my�, -- _ attorney in fact shall have the authority to consent to me�ical '�. treatment or surgery recomm�nded by a licensed physician. - However, I want it known that I do not desire to have my life artificially prolonged if I am not able to Offectively communicate with my family and my doctor and if there is no reasonable expectation that I will recover from any condition and thereafter be able to live without the continuing artificial support. I intend "arti€icial sugport" �o include feeding tubes, respirators and any other devices, whether now known or invented hereafter, designed to be a substitute for a vital human body function. Accordingly, the authority of my attorney-in-fact to c�nsent to medical �reatmen� shall inclucie in general the authority to refuse medical treatment of any kind and the specific authority to disco�tinue any artificial svpport if there is no reasonab?e expectation that I will recover f�.�om any cond�tion and thereafter be able to live a reasonabl+e norm�,l life without the continuing artificial support. 3 . Any provider of inedical serv,ices may rely conclusively upon any and all decisions, consen�s, withdrawals of consent and directians made by my attorney-in-fact under the authority 1 �t � ' �