Mildred was a 93-year-old woman who was particularly
despondent over the recent death of her husband Earl. She decided that
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.
despondent over the recent death of her husband Earl. She decided that
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.