My Friend Fred

https://juanderwithus.family.blog/2024/07/31/my-friend-fred/

... "Hi, my name is John, and I'd like to introduce you to my friend Fred. Where should I start? Well, I guess I should introduce myself first. You see I have ALS, I'm pretty sure I'm also at the end of my journey. I am unable to move, breath or eat, anymore. I've been trached for three years, and now I'm unresponsive to any external stimulus. At least that's what the nurses tell my family. I can still hear them, but I'm acutely aware that my body is just not able to respond. My eyes are open, I don't blink anymore, so they put drops in my eyes now. But I see everything, when my eyes aren't blurry. My family visits often, there aren't any tears anymore; pretty sure they have cried them all out.."