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200'709322 person nominated as Conservator /Guardian and Successor Conservator/ Guardian and direct that either of them be permitted to serve in such capacity without bond. 4. POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE. I further appoint the above -named Attorney in Fact, JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM, as Attorney in Fact for my health care. If JOHN M. CUNNINGHAM is unable or unwilling to act as my Attorney in Fact for my health care, then I nominate and appoint any partner of CUNNINGHAM, BLACKBURN, FRANCIS, BROCK & CUNNINGHAM LAW FIRM, whose address is 222 N. Cedar Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801, telephone number (308) 384 -2636, as my Successor Attorney in Fact, and I authorize said Attorney in Fact appointed by this document to make health care decisions for me, after consultation with my physician or physicians, when I am incapable of making my own health care decisions. For the purposes of this document, I understand health care decisions to mean the consent, refusal of consent, or withdrawal of consent to health care, and shall apply to any treatment, procedure or intervention to diagnose, care for, or treat the effects of disease, injury, and degenerative conditions. The authority conferred herein shall be exercisable only when I am incapable of making my own decisions regarding any health care matter, such determination of my incapacity to be confirmed in writing by my attending physician as required by law. Regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life - sustaining procedures or treatments, I hereby direct as follows: a. I shall not have life- sustaining procedures or treatments if I am in a terminal condition or a persistent vegetative state. b. I shall not have artificially administered nutrition and hydration if I am in a terminal condition or a persistent vegetative state. In making this Power of Attorney for Health Care, I fully understand each of the following words and terms and the definitions applied to each, as hereafter set forth: a. Attending Physician shall mean the physician selected by or assigned to a principal, who has primary responsibility for the care and treatment of such principal. b. Health Care Provider shall mean an individual or facility licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or professional practice, and shall include all facilities defined in Section 71- -3-