Editor,

I am extremely concerned about the upcoming election. I believe it imperative that we re-elect Georgia Gardner to the Whidbey General Hospital board.

If Rob Born is elected to the board and fulfills his intention of affiliating our hospital with a faith-basted hospital, my decisions about my end of life care will not be honored.

With much thought and care, I completed the legal documents provided by Compassion and Choices. My health care agents are aware of my desires and will carry them out when I am no longer able to speak for myself.

If, however, our hospital is affiliated with a faith-based hospital my decisions will not be honored. My agents will have to move me off Whidbey Island, where I have lived for nearly 40 years.

I have served on a board with Georgia Gardner and know her to be intelligent, thoroughly knowledgeable, and committed to retaining Whidbey General as our hospital.

Judy Lynn

Coupeville