Post by Flo on Aug 23, 2010 13:51:30 GMT -5
Good morning all.
I have some news which I hope won't distress you too much. My father passed away last Sunday. I was all set to go on my San Francisco getaway and at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, the day before I was leaving, I was informed that they wouldn't be putting my dad on antibiotics (he had developed pneumonia) as he was too weak and that they would be putting him on morphine to help with the pain and that it would be anywhere between 2 days and 5 before he passed away. He passed away on the Sunday surrounded by his family.
As you know, he had been ailing for almost 10 years so it was really a blessing in disguise. He was going into late stage dementia and it would only have gotten worse for him so we are relieved that he was spared that.
He hadn't spoken or eaten or drank anything in two days and at the end, he mustered up the last of his strength to ask for my mom. It was a fitting and beautiful ending for my dad as they had a very beautiful and rare marriage.
When he died, I actually wanted to go back to smoking and seriously thought about it as the craving was so strong. I thought about it for about 10 minutes and decided that no, I would not dishonour him in his death by taking up smoking. It was a turning point actually. I had quit because of him and it seemed pointless at the time to keep it up...strange...
I have some news which I hope won't distress you too much. My father passed away last Sunday. I was all set to go on my San Francisco getaway and at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, the day before I was leaving, I was informed that they wouldn't be putting my dad on antibiotics (he had developed pneumonia) as he was too weak and that they would be putting him on morphine to help with the pain and that it would be anywhere between 2 days and 5 before he passed away. He passed away on the Sunday surrounded by his family.
As you know, he had been ailing for almost 10 years so it was really a blessing in disguise. He was going into late stage dementia and it would only have gotten worse for him so we are relieved that he was spared that.
He hadn't spoken or eaten or drank anything in two days and at the end, he mustered up the last of his strength to ask for my mom. It was a fitting and beautiful ending for my dad as they had a very beautiful and rare marriage.
When he died, I actually wanted to go back to smoking and seriously thought about it as the craving was so strong. I thought about it for about 10 minutes and decided that no, I would not dishonour him in his death by taking up smoking. It was a turning point actually. I had quit because of him and it seemed pointless at the time to keep it up...strange...
