'I know how much daddy loved to watch me play football.' Days after father died of COVID-19, son honors his dad's legacy by playing in a high school football game, helping family cope with their grief.
His family wasn’t allowed to visit him, but after nearly 20 years of marriage Karyn Arellano knew the love of her life could still hear their voices, even in a coma.
When Arellano married Karyn she already had a 2- and 5-year-old. He loved them as his own. Together, they had two more boys. Their family was his world. He pushed the same message about education and working hard with his children, spending hours counseling 26-year-old Elyssa Hernandez, who is applying to medical school now. He often made Hernandez and her 28-year-old brother Erick dress up for mock interviews, peppering them with questions.
He preferred doing everything together as a family. Trips were based around the kids, including two expeditions to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in New York state, always eager to build memories. Alan delighted in picking out the best baseball bat or football cleats for his younger sons, new clothes for an interview for his older children. When you are out in the world, you are representing the family, he often said.
The doctors wanted to put him in a coma. Karyn was terrified. She remembers him trying to reassure her over the phone.
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