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...years ago, when his kidneys failed and his heart stopped on a business trip in 1991. My dad suffered from a rare illness known as Wagner’s disease, a condition that drastically suppresses one’s autoimmune system. Wagner’s ate away at my father??€™s kidneys until they finally gave out in a Chicago hotel room. Miraculously, doctors were able to regain his pulse and sustain his life in the nearby Northwestern Hospital. Though he needed two years of dialysis, a procedure where my dad was bedridden and attached to a machine...
...television much like many other fans. Yet I can’t shake the feeling that my father and this year’s Patriots squad were inexplicably tied together. Creating an analogy between a man and a football team may seem trite to some, but much of my father??€™s happiness was derived from his intense support of Boston professional sports...
...life, my dad refused to surrender. My dad lived the last weeks of his life in the Intensive Care Unit of Massachusetts General Hospital. The head surgical doctor at MGH told my family that in his 15 years of working in ICU, he had never seen anyone in my father??€™s condition remain alive. Yet, my father did not give up. It was only after the doctors informed us that my dad’s life would be unbearable even if he survived that we made the decision to take him off life support. Though it ripped...
Honestly, I doubt my father??€™s death had any link to the Pats’ Super Bowl win this year. It’s probably just coincidence. But, I do know that while my father and I rooted for Boston sports teams together, we were always given misery in return. Once he died, the area finally received a championship. Did he will the team to victory? No one could know. But if I had a dollar and could wager it on one baseball team this year...
Appiah is perhaps most well-known for his critically acclaimed book In My Father??€™s House...