Lulu Miller

I said, cowboy, what's wrong?

And I put the ventilator hose back on and connected it.

She had a neighbor call 911.

The EMT showed up, took David to the hospital.

There at the hospital, and the doctor came out and told me he didn't think David was going to make it.

Don was working in California at the time.

I called him, told him what the doctor said, hung up the phone, and went back to stay by David's bed.

And all I could do was,

would say, I'm sorry because he was alone when he died.

He just didn't want to be alone when he died.

And yet, that's what happened.

He was alone when he died.

So we played all that to Alice.

She said, like David, she has alarm systems in place, and she even pays a speaking person to be with her at all times, could call out for help.

The aspect being what exactly?

Does learning about him as a person change your feelings or some of your frustration with that phrase, dignity through speech?

And in true Alice fashion, she has since joined this organization for folks who are non-speaking.

It's called Communication First.

And she's become a part of their advisory council, just, you know.

Sort of like advocating.