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“I had chemo and after the chemo I had multi-organ failure. My liver and kidney didn’t function. They put me on morphine; I didn’t know anything. They told my family I had 3 days to live, but come 3 days I woke up.”
"People say you only live once, but really you only die once. You live every day."
“There was a World War II vet from the Air Force. I brought him a book to read because I knew he liked to read … and I gave it to him and he cried. He hadn’t had any visitors, but this was the second time I’d seen him, and he was surprised I even came in that day. And he saw me and broke down, and that made my day. You can tell how lonely some of these guys are. We’re there to help.”
“I have a 13-year-old son. Right before this trip he and I watched the first half of The Shining. And he’s asked me a couple times since I’ve been gone if we can watch the second half right away when I get back.”
“I’m not scared to die, but the worst part is leaving the grandkids. They come and look at me like, ‘What’s wrong with grandpa?’"