Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Roger Williamswas a Puritan, an English Reformed theologian, and later a Reformed Baptist who was an early proponent of religious freedom and separation of church and state, and a supporter of members of the Free Will Baptist movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTheologian
certainly fighting fights-and-fighting ill
certainly severely ill and is fighting for his life.
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Obviously there's a long way to go and who knows what will happen over the next 24 hours. Certainly compared with yesterday evening, he's a bit better from all the things that are worrying us.
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It may be an exaggeration to say that Mr. Best is gravely ill. But he is certainly severely ill and is fighting for his life,
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He is serious but improving, with the emphasis on improving, ... The infection has caused him to be severely ill, but he is certainly responding to treatment and we hope to move him out of intensive care in the next 24 hours.
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His brain is active, his pupils are reactive, ... We are not keeping people alive that aren't alive and we certainly wouldn't do that.
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We see in our wards young people in their 30s with advanced liver diseases, their life ruined. I see liver disease all around increasing,
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There's something about Penn State that creates intense loyalty. We have a lot of people who come to Penn State and they are transformed when they get here. They get attached and it stays with them all their lives.
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Quite what will happen over the next 24 hours is difficult to say,
definite improvement requiring
On the whole there has been a very definite improvement in his condition, but he is still requiring a lot of care. He is better than yesterday.
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We do not know when he was born, nor exactly when he died. We do not know what he looked like. We cannot visit his home, because it went up in flames long ago. Although he was a preacher, no sermon of his survives. During his lifetime, not a single monument was erected in his honor and, at his death, no carved stone marked his grave. He was -- or so it appeared -- a forgotten man.
expect pink
Well, we don't expect him to look pink and wonderful, do we?
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I would imagine the situation will resolve itself naturally, that's what normally happens. It's not a case of switching off life support.
further
It does look as if he is making it but I wouldn't go any further than that,
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We have people from five states here this year for the competition, and with the cost of gasoline so high, they still keep coming,