The old woman was near death. I could hear her try to draw in painful gasps of breath. I felt helpless as a doctor in this remote part of the world. Was there nothing I could do? Or can I give her some sense of peace and happiness. In her last little bit of life she does have. I just wanted her to know that she was not alone. She really did need that sense of peace.
The young lady that was there start to read the Story that she uses to read sometime ago. I told myself that I was not going to leave her side until God made a decision to take her home. And that is what I did. It was a time that her breathing was getting a lot worse. And I sat there and prayed that she would make it through the night. My prayers worked, because she was able to pull through the night. But she did get weaker and she did pass away a couple of days later. But to this day I know in my heart she died with dignity and respect that she so desperately deserved. The next day the white rose bush that was outside her bedroom window bloomed. I then knew that she was at peace.
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