him when I heard a gasp from the li

the floor, his body convulsing, his f

and

s voice was calm, but my own was shaking. I knelt beside him, trying to

orked on him. The local hospital was understaffed, they sa

ng my dad. No answer. I called Uncle Sco

ily's WhatsApp group. My fi

bad shape. Paramedics are he

s appeared under it almost instantly.

le

. No calls

ramedics loaded Grandpa into the ambulance. She followed me to the hospital in her own car, s

or came out. His expression told

e. "But his lungs... they're failing. The disease from the mil

seemed to drop out from under me