Because every breath counts Because every breath counts

Because every breath counts

The story of two people who believe more in love than in reason

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I wake up from Markus coughing. I'm used to it, and usually it doesn't wake me up for a long time. But this time it sounds different than usual, harder, more barking. He can hardly breathe in between.

«Markus,» I ask him, «is there anything I can do for you?»

I can't get an answer. The cough sounds agonizing and gets worse and worse.

The twins are sleeping in the room next door. I listen to them over there, everything stays quiet. But next to me, Markus is struggling for breath between the cough attacks. I'm beginning to get worried.

We are in my family's holiday home in Italy, and I should be able to relax during this holiday. I work as a deputy ward manager in oncology, and the past few weeks have been really exhausting. In addition to my fifty percent position, I organize our household, take care of everything with the nanny who looks after the two-and-a-half-year-old girls during my absence. I'll relieve Markus as much as I can. Markus suffers from the congenital metabolic disorder cystic fibrosis and is not very resilient due to the accompanying symptoms of this disease(...)

GENRE
Biografien und Memoiren
ERSCHIENEN
2021
18. August
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
163
Seiten
VERLAG
Books on Demand
GRÖSSE
9.3
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