passed the probe was introduced several inches further, when it again touched a hard substance, which was at first supposed to be the ball, but as the bulb of the probe on its withdrawal did not indicate the mark of lead, it was generally though to be another piece of loose bone. His pulse ...ranged...between 40 to 64 beats a minute and his respirations about 24 per minute were loud and stertorous. At 1 AM his pulse suddenly increasing in frequency to 100 per minute but soon diminished gradually becoming less feeble until 2.54 when it was 48 and hardly perceptible. At 6.40 AM his pulse could not be counted, it being very intermittent...the respirations now became very short, and the expirations very prolonged and labored accompanied be a gutteral sound. At 7.20 AM he breathed his last and "the spirit fled to God who gave it". connect: Misty Smith : Way to go Mr. Long. You are such a gentleman. I do not care what life-threatening diseases are out there, animals should not be used for any type of testing. It is cruel and in humane. The government wants to do testing or cosmetic... Jenny Barsamian : I too would like to nominate Nurse Bridgid from nursebridgid.com. She does an amazing job of presenting important, timely health-related information in a way that is fresh, relevent, and accessible to those of us in the biz AND... Keith Carlson : I would like to nominate Kevin Ross, RN of Innovative Nurse.