too stubborn to die.  He shouldn’t really be here with us.  His kind of a heart attack is a sure killer, but somehow, he’s managed to survive----for now.”

     Ida smiled just a little.  All the kids kind of looked at each other with strange glances.

     “What’s his condition now?”  Sarah asked, switching a sleeping Christian to her other hip.

     “He’s hooked up to more tubes and machines than I can count.  We’re about to take him downstairs to run a battery of different tests to see what we can do for him and scope the damage to his heart.  We’re not sure we can help him.  We’ll see.  Right now, we can only guess how to help.&n...

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