{"id":5558,"date":"2016-10-29T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-29T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5558"},"modified":"2016-10-29T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T09:00:24","slug":"importance-living-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/importance-living-will\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Having a Living Will"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n

Although I’ve been an attorney for many years now, the first time I really came to understand the importance of having a valid Living Will was not through work. Rather, it occurred many years ago when a friend suffered a serious heart attack.<\/p>\n

The paramedics came and took my friend away to be treated at a hospital. When we arrived to show our support to his wife and his family we learned that our friend had been placed on a life-support system which helped him to breathe and helped his heart to circulate blood through his body. Essentially, he was alive, but the doctors told us that there was no hope for recovery.<\/p>\n

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