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2oiao79s4 <br />inabili�y to communicate <br />health care decisian. <br />zn any manner an infarmed <br />d. Life-Susta�ning Procedure sha11 mean any medical <br />procedur�, trea�ment, or interventian that (a) uses <br />mechanical ox ather arti�icial means ta sustain, <br />restore, or supplant a spon�aneous vital functian and <br />(b) when applied tio a person suffering fram a terminal <br />condition or who is in a persistent vegeta�ive s�ate, <br />serves only to prolang the dying process. Lif�- <br />sustaining procedure shall not Xnclude routine care <br />necessary to maintain patient comfart or the usual and <br />�ypical provision of nutri�ion and hydxa�ion. <br />e. Persistent Vegetative State shall mean a medical <br />conditi�on that, to a����reasonable degree of inedical <br />certainty as dete�mined in accordance with currently <br />accepted medical stan.dards, is characte�ized by a total <br />and irreversible loss of cansciousn.ess and capacity for <br />cagnitive interaction with �.he enviranment and no <br />rea�onable hope of improvement. <br />f. Tersnin,al Condition sha11 m�an an incurable and <br />irreversible medical condition caused by injury, <br />disease, or physical illness which, to a reasonable <br />degx'ee af inedical cer�.ainty, will resul� in death <br />regardless af the con�inued application of inedical <br />treatment including life--sustaining procedures. <br />5. INTERPRETATIQN AND GOVERNING LAW. This instrument is <br />ta be canstrued and interpre�ed as a General Durable Fawer af <br />Attorney and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. This <br />instrument is execu�ed and del�.vered in the State af Nebraska, and <br />the laws of said S�ate sha1,1 govern all questi�ns as to the <br />validity o� �.his Power of Attorney and the construction a� i�s <br />terms an.d provisions. <br />6. DISAB�L2TY OF FRTNCIPAL. This Durable General and <br />Health Care Power o� Attorn�y shall not be af�ected by my <br />disability and sha11 remain in �ull forc� and effect throughout <br />any period of disability. <br />I hereby revake any and all �ormer �owers of Attorney and <br />Amendments thex�e�.o, if any, heretofore executed by me. <br />� <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, � have �xecuted this document this ��� � <br />day a� March, 2008, at Grand Island, Hall Caunty, Nebraska. <br />Z HAVE READ THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE. I <br />UNDERST�ND THAT IT ALLOWS ANOTHER PERSON TO MAKE LIFE AND DEATH <br />--4- <br />