i have a friend who almost died of a hang nail ... but how little it takes to end a life.

How true Helen. I had a friend who had an accident that injured his leg in June, infection set in. He lost the leg in September, but the infection continued to ravage his body. (Too busy to take the meds correctly and often enough.) The infection weakend his heart and lungs and he developed an abcess on the brain. On Jan. 5th, he died of a heart attack in his sleep as a result. He was 49 years old and had been in excellent health until then.

I miss him and nothing will ever bring him back to me. People just don't understand how fragile life is.