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Then tragedy strikes. Dad?s cancer had moved to his spine and with that news it was the beginning of a definite Game Over.

From there on, his health went down hill. First he complained about getting tired quickly. Next his left leg started to fail him and a few days later, his right one followed, thus started to use a safety ropes and stopped going to work.

I must add, during this time, I?m thankful that dad was still good enough to see me become one year older, as my birthday came on Feb 26. Sadly we had small argument that day and some of his word will forever remain engraved in my mind [You and ur mom shouldn?t spend money like that... Its my money! I worked FOR IT!] I now consider such words an advice rather than a bad memory. I guess he was worried that after dead, we would spend money recklessly, without thinking on the future.

Well, time passed and he started to fell into a comatose state again, but not as bad as the first one. At the same time he lost control of his legs and ended up on a wheel chair. By then it was obvious that he wasnt getting any better, so the best we could was try to make things easy for him.

The final day came and mom went to work, unaware of what would happen, just like the rest of us. Dad passed away from a heart attack caused by lung failure. His dead was very shocking for me, it was like a shut down. My sister was there too when it happened. He started to cough and held our hands tightly, sitting up a little. His face made a gesture of pain and in the snap of a finger, just like that, dad passed away, falling dead on bed.

I was near freaking out, but tried to mantain my calm as I called for an ambulance, however they came in vain, the only thing they did was tell us jis cause of dead. I knew my father had died in front of me, but I was in such shock that my mind didnt want to believe it at the moment.

Next mom arrived and cried in way Ive never seen her before. Again, I tried to keep cool, holding my tears in and trying to be strong at the moment for her.