Not Me
“I knew it was Kaufman, and I didn’t want to pick up. But when the voice came over the message machine, it was the nursing home. They told me to come quickly. My father was having a stroke. He was already on his way to the hospital.
About twenty minutes later I arrived at John F. Kennedy and was directed to the ICU. In a little while a young doctor came out to tell me Dad was stabilized. He’d only suffered a minor stroke. For a while he probably wouldn’t be able to talk, but it seems he wasn’t p...aralyzed. There could, however, be more dementia. He suggested his heart was weak, too. He asked me if my father had signed a living will. I thanked the doctor and went into my father’s room. He looked shrunken, and with all the tubes and pipes attached to him, he might have been the space alien my sister dreamt about. There was a terrible smell, and the sound of the heart monitor beeping, which every so often spit out a ticker tape of vital statistics. His breathing was labored; his eyes were shut.MoreLess
About twenty minutes later I arrived at John F. Kennedy and was directed to the ICU. In a little while a young doctor came out to tell me Dad was stabilized. He’d only suffered a minor stroke. For a while he probably wouldn’t be able to talk, but it seems he wasn’t p...aralyzed. There could, however, be more dementia. He suggested his heart was weak, too. He asked me if my father had signed a living will. I thanked the doctor and went into my father’s room. He looked shrunken, and with all the tubes and pipes attached to him, he might have been the space alien my sister dreamt about. There was a terrible smell, and the sound of the heart monitor beeping, which every so often spit out a ticker tape of vital statistics. His breathing was labored; his eyes were shut.MoreLess
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