[Batpuff]

>> > > > Mildred was a 93-year-old woman, particularly despondent over
>> > > > the death of her husband, Earl. She decided she would just kill

>> > > > herself and join him in death. Thinking that it would be best
>> > > > to get it over with quickly, she took out Earl's old Army
>> > > > pistol and made the decision to shoot herself in the heart,
>> > > > since it was so badly broken in the first place. Not
>> > > > wanting to miss the vital organ and become a
>> > > > vegetable and burden to someone, she called her
>> > > > doctor's office to inquire as to just exactly where
>> > > > the heart would be on a woman. The doctor said,
>> > > > "Your heart would be just below your left breast."
>> > > > Later that night Mildred was admitted to the
>> > > > hospital with a gunshot wound to her knee.