Judi Bedard, 48, is in critical condition at Shands Gainesville after

a cave diving accident at the Eagle's Nest system on September 13.

    a witness at the scene describes the following events:

      She was obviously in trouble, hemorrhaging from her eyes and ears,

         foaming from her mouth. They cut [her] out of the harness that held

         her scuba tanks and pulled her up onto the dock. She wasn't breathing.

         She had no pulse. Banks and Pelland began CPR. After 15 to 20 minutes,

         her heart came back to life.  Soon after, she started breathing, but she did

         not regain consciousness.

Source: St. Petersburg Times

    Judi is from Williston, Florida, and is a registered nurse and a

certified cave diver.  Rudy Banks was her dive buddy at the time of the

accident, and is also fully certified.  While in the hospital,

she has had cardiac arrest three times and is clearly fighting for her life.

   Eagle's Nest is a very advanced dive, and it was the site of a double

fatality last June (2004).  apparently, Judi had some equipment trouble

at depth.  reports say she was at 130 feet when she had a problem that

caused her to become disoriented.  she then became unconscious as

her buddy brought her to the surface.

   I very much am thinking of Judi (though we've never met) and

wishing she pulls through.