A Sabra hovers in the twilight of life

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Ariel Sharon has been taken back into the operating room for the third time:

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed back to the operating room after a precautionary CAT scan performed on him late Friday morning showed new bleeding in the same area of the brain and an expansion in the cerebral ventricles in his brain. Director General of Hadassah Hospital, Doctor Shlomo Mor-Yosef told reporters that Sharon was experiencing an escalation in cranial and blood pressure as well. Sharon's aides rushed to the hospital following word of the surgery, the second in two days.

An aide to Shimon Peres, speaking on condition of anonymity because she is not Peres' official spokeswoman, said she had been told Sharon's situation is "not good." Following a traumatic day for Israel, in which Sharon nearly lost his life after suffering an initial extensive cranial hemorrhage, the dir.-gen. of the hospital reported Friday morning that Sharon's condition remained serious but stable and that his vital signs remained strong. The prime minister had continued to be sedated and was being held in the neuro-surgical unit of the hospital.