NEWS 28 - Former Mesa Governor Kirk Paul has been placed on life support and is not expected to survive. According to his doctors, he is using a breathing machine and artificial blood pump to circulate blood and oxygen around the body.

His doctors remain hopeful that he will make 360 and start getting better, but say that hope is the only thing they can have now. They say they give him 2 weeks to live and his family thinks longer. His wife Alexis is now facing, in her own words, the hardest decision she will ever have to make.

"It's a difficult spot to be in," said Alexis. "On the one hand, you love him and want him here with you, but on the other hand you know he doesn't want to be connected to a machine for the rest of his life and you don't want him to suffer."

The family has been keeping updates on Paul, who has been at Nox City Medical Center since yesterday afternoon. Doctors are giving him 2 weeks to live but the family is giving him longer. They say he is fighter and will get through this. Alexis, though, is conflicted as she will make the final call on whether or not to take him off life-support.

The family is still praying that he recovers and will be able to lead a long life. The family remains optimistic, even with the news he won't survive.

"Its a never-say-never situation," said the family. "He could pull through and miracles are a real thing. We hope that we get a miracle and he begins to heal. We remain very hopeful during the difficult time."