Day 0 - Dad falls
36 hours before I got The Call, I was walking up the living room platform of Broken Legs and tripped. Dad, in his Coach Cabello voice, asks me why I didn’t use the “stairs” as was intended in its design. I didn’t even answer. I just continued to clip his toes, by request On Wednesday of this week, I just sat down at the library, when, in a quite different tone of voice, Dad asked of me my presence. I didn’t ask why, knowing he wouldn’t tell me. When I got to Brookdale, Dad was in bed door open, wearing only his underwear. Shit. Right away, I knew. Again, without asking him why, Dad asked me to get for him the Red Walker, in the garage. Luck #1 - the Red Walker As soon as I grabbed it by its handles, I could tell immediately this walker was not the one Dad “purchased” for his own father: the walker was stable, easily maneuverable, with all four wheels staying on the floor at all times. Both handles were like new. Later on I learned that John from next door g...