My County Tis of MineChapter 21
Dad was lucky: I guess, doctors said it was a massive stroke and with his heart ... and then they'd just sort of trail off; on the second day in the hospital my father stopped living. It really wasn't like he died as much as he just stopped. Mom and I were in the room and when the first warning came from his machine, all lines were flat. The staff came in with their carts and equipment and threw us out. In the hallway we could here snatches of conversation; "Clear", "150CCs", "Let's...