Four brothers gathered around the...
Four brothers gathered around the bed of an 84-year-old woman late one Friday night. She had been in good health until the day before, when she came in for a hip replacement. After surgery, she developed pneumonia and the physicians gave her two days to live.
Her breathing was shallow and very labored. The doctor came in early on Sunday morning to check the patient and talk to the family. By now there were 50 members of her extended family in the hospital, waiting to see if the crisis would pass. They were praying that the doctor was wrong and the old woman would live.