11.   Eakes said the family would not announce to the public when the feeding tube would be removed.

12.   His wife and three children asked that his feeding tube be removed, but his mother and sister insisted that he would have wanted to be kept alive.

13.   I could speak, sort of, because the breathing tube had been removed.

14.   In its appeal, the state argued that removing the tube amounted to euthanasia.

15.   Mrs. Rosen and her brother considered having the tube removed, but they never could bring themselves to do it.

16.   That night, monitoring tubes were removed from his blood vessels.

17.   The anesthesiologist removed the tube shortly after the surgery, noting that the patient was awake, and transferred her to the recovery room.

18.   The Associated Press reported Thursday night that the feeding tube had been removed Thursday morning.

19.   The ear tubes were removed.

20.   The letter went on to say that Trenton asked for the breathing tube to be removed, knowing he would die without it.