It's their first Christmas without their dad. Alec and Gabriella Walker continue to find ways to work through their pain, including by talking with other kids who are facing death honestly, helped by grown-ups committed to supporting them.
They heard their dad take his last breath.
With little warning four months ago, Alec and Gabriella's father, Billy Walker -- who rarely ever caught a cold -- lay in the hospital in Portland, Oregon.He had chosen not the get the Covid-19 vaccine: He was healthy, no medical problems. He figured he'd be fine if he contracted the coronavirus.Then, he had a massive stroke that paralyzed his left side. It was induced by Covid-19, the doctors told his ex-wife, Sylvia. His lungs were full of the virus. He needed emergency brain surgery.
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