Face of Nation International : Abby Adair Reinhard pressed her iPhone tighter to her ear, straining to hear the soft rhythm of her father’s breath. In. Out. In. Out. Five miles away, in a hospital bed in Rochester, New York, her father lay dying.
At first, his breaths were steady white noise that any other day would fade into the background.As the hours passed, his breathing became harder. Tortured. Heavy with mucus.
Reinhard – a mom, a wife and a daughter – spent the next day and a half listening to her father die, praying he could hear her voice. Moment by moment, she detailed those agonizing hours in a wrenching Facebook post. The terror I’ve felt today is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced, and I can only imagine how hard it has been for you, Dad. I’m so sorry you are going through this nightmare.
Don Adair, 76, was a father of four and a grandfather of five. A retired attorney who doted on his family, he’d traveled with them to Europe, sat on the floor to open Christmas presents, grinned wide at their graduations and bounced them on his knee. (Source: USAToday News)
