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In 1991, Dennis and Buelah Apple lost their 18-year-old son Denny to complications resulting from mononucleosis.
Nearly twenty years later, they sat down together at StoryCorps to remember him and talk about what their lives have been like since his death.
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In 1991, Dennis and Buelah Apple lost their 18-year-old son Denny to complications resulting from mononucleosis.
Nearly twenty years later, they sat down together at StoryCorps to remember him and talk about what their lives have been like since his death.
Broadcast History
NPR's Morning Edition 1/27/12
Transcript
Dennis Apple (DA): Denny that night wanted to sleep on the couch. He had mono, but he was a strong, fit kid—so I really didn’t think anything was seriously wrong. The next morning, I didn’t hear him breathing.
Buelah Apple (BA): You yelled for me to call 911.
DA: Yeah. My younger brother, who is an EMT, he came running out, put his head to his chest, and he said, “Dennis, he’s gone.” It was like somebody threw a bucket of ice-cold water into my face while I was at a dead sleep. I was on my knees, and I screamed out, “Oh God, this is not supposed to happen to me.” When we came back home for the first time by ourselves, I remember we pulled into the garage and neither one of us wanted to go in the house. I looked at you, and I said, “You know, all I have to do is reach up and hit the garage door opener on the visor, let the door come down, let the car stay running, and we can just hold h...
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:Time again for StoryCorps.
Dennis Apple and his wife Buelah [BYOO-luh] came to StoryCorps to talk about their son, Denny.
Nearly twenty years ago, Denny came down with mononucleosis.
Before going to bed one night -- he took some medicine, and talked about where he wanted to sleep.
OUTRO:Dennis Apple and his wife Buelah at StoryCorps in Kansas City, Missouri.
Their interview will be archived with the others at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Sign up for the project's PODCAST -- at NPR-dot-ORG.
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