A 63-year-old man sat in the lounge of a rehabilitation center, with his team of hospice nurses draped behind him, and within a matter of seconds, he shifted the conversation to his fandom of Sporting Kansas City. His nurses says he does this a lot.
Three months ago, Thephayonh "Lee" Promsenmuona suffered heart failure and says doctors used a defibrillator to revive him. His body felt nearly paralyzed, he explained Thursday, and after a lengthy hospital visit, he transferred to the Rehabilitation Center of Independence for long-term care.
It was there that nurses approached him about a wish — one he recognizes could be his last.