Tim: There are such things as apartments, you know. And many even have convenient month-to-month leasing options. (I've used such an option, and with very good results.) And no--I'm not thinking for your family, I'm thinking for you. Your sanity (and marriage) may very well be worth the money. Either that, or kick them out. Dang.

Scott: Don't you think you're mischaracterizing my statements a wee-bit? To compare WWII battles with caring for those in an Acute Care Wing without access to modern medicine is a bit of a stretch. If you can't recognize or admit this, then there's not point wasting my time on it. As far as the faith option--Ya, point taken. However, it's not really a part of the medical model. My whole point was to suggest that we really don't know what went on, and to convict those that were there (and who made the decisions they thought best at the time) seems just a bit irresponsible. I'm certainly not going to do it.

Secondly--regarding Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton... Been there, done that--lest you forget. I saw practically the entire journey when I was in the Antarctic. Elephant Island is really a nothing of an island. After crossing South Georgia without a real map, he climbed this hill (from behind) and set eyes on civilization.

Sir Raymond Priestley (1886 - 1974), a British Geologist and Antarctic explorer who accompanied Shackleton on the 1907-1913 Antarctic expeditions, said, "For scientific leadership, give me Scott; for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen; but when you are in a hopeless situation, when there seems to be no way out, get on your knees and pray for Shackleton."