Brother Wang said over the phone that after they got to the hospital and ran a series of emergency tests, the doctor's diagnosis was exactly the same as Li Xu's.
"The doctor on duty said my grandpa's organs are basically all failing. There's no point in treating him at the hospital. It's just a matter of the next day or two... They told us... to take him home."
Li Xu sighed. "If he has any last wishes, you should do your best to fulfill them in the next day or two."
Brother Wang said, "My grandpa keeps asking for a popsicle."
He told Li Xu over the phone, "I'm thirty years old, but I still remember it clear as day. The first popsicle I ever had was one my grandpa bought for me. It cost fifty cents. You have to understand, back in those days, a bottle of soy sauce was only five cents."
"I've thought it through. In the final moments of his life, all Grandpa wants is to eat another popsicle. How could we, his children and grandchildren, deny him that wish?"
