Linda is doing better every day. She's been breathing on her own the past 2 days and the P.T. got her out of bed and into the recliner. I do believe she will gain the strength to battle the cancer. But, with the agreement of her docs, she has not yet been told of the cancer. She sti9ll has to battle back to health and we're afraid to hit her with everything at once. I really do not look forward to that conversation. I know she has told me in the past that she wants a dnr order, but nothing in writing and she was resucitated (sp?) the 1st day in the hospital when I wasn't there. I think she knows that and is ok with it. It's terribly hard to know how to handle this. Her son, Michael, is on board about not telling her too much to soon but he is very much against the dnr. I'm afraid that this is only going to get harder.