The Father Who Never Left the Waiting Room

When seven-year-old Maria Gonzalez was diagnosed with leukemia at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 2019, her father Carlos did something his coworkers couldn't understand. He stopped sleeping at home. For eleven months of chemotherapy, Carlos spent every night in a vinyl recliner beside her bed. His back ached. His neck stiffened. He lost twenty pounds from cafeteria meals he barely touched.…