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the day finally arrived. a doctor explained the process of taking a person off life-support and its consequences on my dad to me.
we would be allowed to talk to my father one last time, then we would have to leave the room while he was sedated then disconnected.
i remember being in the room while my brother bid farewell. he apologized for all the problems he caused- the drugs, his arrests, subsequent time in prison, etc.
again, i was left alone. awkwardly, i thanked my dad for all he'd done for albert and isadora. it was all i could think of. i then turned to the nurses and told them it was time.
when we were permitted to go back in, a crowd formed around his bed. i remember my aunts and cousins, my mom, brother, and daughter, amongst others crying at my dad's bedside as we watched the heart monitor gradually slow its beeps.
my father took his last breath that afternoon of july 17, 1994.
the day finally arrived. a doctor explained the process of taking a person off life-support and its consequences on my dad to me.
we would be allowed to talk to my father one last time, then we would have to leave the room while he was sedated then disconnected.
i remember being in the room while my brother bid farewell. he apologized for all the problems he caused- the drugs, his arrests, subsequent time in prison, etc.
again, i was left alone. awkwardly, i thanked my dad for all he'd done for albert and isadora. it was all i could think of. i then turned to the nurses and told them it was time.
when we were permitted to go back in, a crowd formed around his bed. i remember my aunts and cousins, my mom, brother, and daughter, amongst others crying at my dad's bedside as we watched the heart monitor gradually slow its beeps.
my father took his last breath that afternoon of july 17, 1994.
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