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For two agonizing weeks, Jill remained in a coma, machines doing the work her body no longer could. Every day, Ryan stayed by her side, reading aloud to her after a visitor had once read from a Bible, hoping—begging—that somewhere inside the silence, Jill could hear him. But as time passed, the doctors grew grim. On the fourteenth day, they gently suggested a decision no spouse ever wants to face: removing life support. Ryan wrestled with the impossible choice, knowing that turning off the machines meant letting her go. With a heart shattered by love and grief, he finally agreed. He kissed her forehead, whispered his goodbye, and held her hand as the life support was withdrawn.
