DAD’S LEGACY

Watching my dad struggle to catch his breath as he walked the short distance from the sofa to the kitchen, I was worried.

‘What did the doctor say?’ I asked my mum Lynne.

‘They said it was just his asthma again,’ Mum said.

But none of us were convinced.

My dad, Albert John, had been struggling with a dry, irritating cough and breathlessness for over a year.

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