The Last 60 Seconds of Life

His wife and adult children are at his bedside that evening. She finally allows herself some time alone, away from the steady stream of family and condolence visitors. Bill feels the pain he has lived with for the past 18 months leave his body. With the pain gone, there's little left. His body feels as light as a fluff of milkweed. He was out of it for most of the last week the drugs,. but conscious at the end, his eyes were open and he saw me. He smiled. I took his hand and he squeezed it a little. When i straightened up again, he was gone. Andrews calls her oldest friend, who still lives in