Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man is allowed to sit up on his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
His bed was next to the room's only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end.
They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation..
Every afternoon, when the man on the bed by the…
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Posted on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm —