My beautiful mother, Sylvia Koire, and my sweet step-father, Michael Koire, died 3 days apart in August 2020. They tested on Friday, he went to the hospital on Sunday, she went in on Monday. I had to leave them both at the door of the ER with no advocate, alone. She was gone in 15 hours and I was able to sit with him for 2 days while he died three days later. They were the happiest couple, still in love. He sang to her, she made jokes and kept him laughing.