At 73, I Married My Dying High School Sweetheart as His Final Wish—After the Funeral, His Lawyer Knocked on My Door and Said, “You Walked Right Into His Trap”
Constipation.
Fatigue.
Hospice nurses.
Periods of confusion when medication changed.
Visitors limited because he tired quickly.
One afternoon, we spent twenty minutes discussing whether soup tasted metallic.
That was marriage too.
Ordinary care inside an extraordinary deadline.