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I Thought We Were Going to Lose My Dad
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Man, we were damn near planning my father’s funeral 24 hours ago.
We got some rough news about his COVID recovery. It wasn’t going well. Then we heard he wasn’t eating or drinking anything. And they were worried that he didn’t have long to live.
Fortunately, we received a different story from a nurse who works in his wing. She seemed to have a finger on the pulse of his situation better than the head of nursing, who made it sound more dire than perhaps it was.
So we visited today to see for ourselves. My daughter went with my mother and me. She wanted to be sure to see her grandad, in case the end was near.
I talk about what we observed and the feelings that go along with it. We had a good visit. He’s faring better than we were told just 24 hours ago. But he has a long road ahead of him in his recovery.
Well, I hope a longer road. I’m not ready to lose him yet.
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