His family stayed on the phone for 30 hours -- until he died

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Like so many people who have lost loved ones to Covid-19, Abby Adair Reinhard wasn't able to be at the hospital with her dying father, Don Adair.

A nurse offered to put the hospital telephone next to Adair's ear, and Adair Reinhard and her three siblings were able to talk to their father -- for more than 30 hours, until he died, she told CNN's Anderson Cooper.

"It was a huge blessing," Adair Reinhard said. "It allowed me to have some sort of closure. ... I was able to say what I needed to say, knowing it was the end, and even though I couldn't see him and I couldn't hold his hand, having that connection over the phone was incredibly valuable."

The siblings, joined by phone from Denmark to Texas and North Carolina to upstate New York, shared memories, sang songs to their dad, and expressed their love for him, Adair Reinhard said.

Adair, 76, "couldn't really talk, you know, but we could hear him breathe. And so we just had time together," Adair Reinhard said.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/us/30-hours-phone-call-father-family-coronavirus/index.html

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 ~47k deaths so far, so ~40k+ different sorrow stories , ah news kani chadivithe depression lo ki velthaam 

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 ~47k deaths so far, so ~40k+ different sorrow stories , ah news kani chadivithe depression lo ki velthaam 

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