Polly
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And right about here on his chest was his chin.
I wondered, how are we gonna repair this?
How are we gonna put this back together?
From the Falmouth Hospital, they took him by ambulance to Mass General Hospital.
They reassured me that they'd gotten him there in enough time to keep him from bleeding out, but it would depend on how strong he was to come through the surgery.
When John became aware in the recovery room, his eyes fluttered some and then he started going from tube to tube.
And then he realized he couldn't talk.
And I saw a look in his eyes almost of, you know, I can't talk.
And then he saw me sitting there and he wrote,
Don't leave me like this.
He didn't want to be on a respirator or be an invalid like that.
And if the choice came, I needed to let him go.
I said, you can't leave me here.
You can't leave me with these three kids.