kept "alive"

After all the heartache of the Terri Schiavo tragedy, what are we to make of this?

Thursday night, the medical examiner told KOMO 4 News that Puckett had been pronounced dead. But confusion reigned when it turned out Puckett was still alive Friday morning.

But now officials say Puckett's being kept alive to preserve his organs. He's on life support at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.

In a statement issued late Friday, Jeremy's father said:"...There has been some confusion in the last 24 hours as to the status of his condition. This is because it has taken some time to coordinate the extensive donation of all of his organs. It has been necessary to artificially support his organs to keep them viable for donation..."