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Grant and Emma had just seen the last of their
children married. Ed was almost sixty, and Emma
was only a couple of years younger. They now
talked about all the wonderful things they would do
together during their retirement years. Then the
Covid virus came.
It was only a couple of months after
everything started shutting down when Emma came
down with a cough. Grant was concerned, but
Emma assured him it was probably nothing more
than a cold. But as her cough and complications
became worse, Grant pressed her to go to the
hospital. She resisted as long as possible, but
eventually her condition worsened until she
relented.
Grant got Emma to the hospital, and shortly
after they arrived, she slipped into a coma. He
wanted to be with her, but the head nurse wouldn’t
let him.
“I’m afraid that Covid restrictions don’t allow
anyone in except hospital workers.”
Grant fell into a chair in the waiting room. He
didn’t know what to do. Emma was his whole life.
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