Tens of thousands of people are in this very situation right now just in the US. They're on ventilators, but the scenario is the same. Last summer a friend of

Tens of thousands of people are in this very situation right now just in the US. They're on ventilators, but the scenario is the same. Last summer a friend of mine had an accident while swimming at the beach, broke his neck, and spent six months on a a machine before he had a diaphragm pacemaker surgically installed. I visited him at a long-term care facility and there was a whole ward of people on ventilators. I'm extremely grateful for the ability to breathe unassisted.