My Son’s Final Wish Was to Meet the Firefighters He Adored — When We Arrived, the Captain Pulled Me Aside and Said, “Ma’am, There’s Something I Have to Tell You”

of good news to be followed by something terrible.

So when the hospital staff became unusually gentle with me during Colby’s final week of treatment, I noticed.

When his nurse hugged me before we left, I noticed.

When the doctor called twice, I definitely noticed.

By the morning of the fire station visit, I had convinced myself they already knew something continue reading …