You should go. I don't want you here.
You've been through a hell of a lot this last year. You need a break. Put him in a home for a month so you can catch your breath.
I can't.
We fight to save lives every day. You know, we literally bust our asses to give people a few more hours of living. You're a doctor, you can't just cross that line like it's nothing. Quality of life is the only measure that matters.
My proud father is lying in his own feces. He can't eat without vomiting, can't sleep. He knows what he's asking for and he knows he can get that from me.
If you weren't a physician, you couldn't do this.
But I am and I can.
Why haven't you done it up till now? If he's been asking so much? Because you know deep, down inside it would haunt you for the rest of your life. Why haven't you done it yet?
Maybe I don't have the courage.
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