The hours rolled by, and the 12th sneaked up on them, both father and son.

Richard Axford was dressed in a bright skyblue hospital dress with the words "Axford Medical" printed in dark blue upper case letters on the stomach region.

Chase Axford stood beside him. His hands in his pocket - now that his right hand had almost healed - as he watched the bright blue sky from his father's window.

"So, if I do not make it today, I'll be dying the same day as the love of my ...