They look at me with tears in their eyes. I don't understand what is going on. I look questioningly at Dad. He just shakes his head and turns back toward the bed. His eyes search Grandpa's wrinkled face.
Footsteps echo down the hallway outside, and everyone tenses.
A white-coated doctor enters the room. Worried faces turn toward him, and everything suddenly becomes still. Then, all the grown-ups explode with questions. The jumbled noise produced from many voices increases, until the doctor holds up his hands. Silence fills the room.