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My Dad passed away
12 years ago
On Tuesday night. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer since December last year, and after battling it briefly, it was just too much. He couldn't take any experimental cancer medications because of his congestive heart failure and abnormal heart beat (a-fib) so the only option was chemo...The cancer got into his lymph nodes and killed the nerves in his neck after the diagnosis... he couldn't eat without getting food/water in his windpipe so they put a feeding tube in his side and it was okay for a while. But the insert site never healed because of the chemotherapy (it compromises your immune system quite a bit), and got infected, so he had to have an emergency surgery for that. He tanked pretty hard after that, and they put him in the ICU on Sunday night after his oxygen levels and blood pressure dropped.on top of all that they found a large infection in one of his lungs, and some more water...pneumonia. It was just too much, and he wouldn't have been able to recover..at least not to a state that was comfortable.
The hardest part was seeing the proudest, smartest man I know hooked up to all those tubes and wires for three days, unable to even communicate or have a drink of water. No one deserves to live like that. So, in a really bizarre way, somehow this whole event has been kind of positive for me, like setting him free from a prison. He knew I was there with him, and I'm glad I stayed with him till the end instead of going to sleep, like I wanted to. Don't worry too much, and thank you all for all your support and love right now. Its greatly appreciated.
I'm exhausted and only got home late last night, and only for a day. The funeral stuff starts tomorrow. If you're in Huntsville and are interested in visiting me and my family, the visitation is tomorrow at 6-8 p.m., at Berryhill Funeral Home. The funeral is Saturday at 2 p.m. at Weatherly Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, with visitation from 1-2 p.m.
Berryhill Funeral Home (visitation)
2305 Memorial Parkway NW, Huntsville, AL
Weatherly Heights Baptist Church
1306 Cannstatt Dr., Huntsville, Alabama 35803
The hardest part was seeing the proudest, smartest man I know hooked up to all those tubes and wires for three days, unable to even communicate or have a drink of water. No one deserves to live like that. So, in a really bizarre way, somehow this whole event has been kind of positive for me, like setting him free from a prison. He knew I was there with him, and I'm glad I stayed with him till the end instead of going to sleep, like I wanted to. Don't worry too much, and thank you all for all your support and love right now. Its greatly appreciated.
I'm exhausted and only got home late last night, and only for a day. The funeral stuff starts tomorrow. If you're in Huntsville and are interested in visiting me and my family, the visitation is tomorrow at 6-8 p.m., at Berryhill Funeral Home. The funeral is Saturday at 2 p.m. at Weatherly Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, with visitation from 1-2 p.m.
Berryhill Funeral Home (visitation)
2305 Memorial Parkway NW, Huntsville, AL
Weatherly Heights Baptist Church
1306 Cannstatt Dr., Huntsville, Alabama 35803
I cannot attend the funeral, as Alabama is quite far away, but I do hope it'll go as well as the last one I went to.
woman, stronger than most people I know and I always look up to you for that. (You taught me how to
not be a wet blanket)
I wish I were closer to give you a hug to be a listening ear if you need it but the most I can offer at the moment is my condolences and well wishes. Be sure you make time to grieve, and don't hold anything in. Trust me it helps. Love you girl. Take care. I'm praying for you. You have my number if you need anyone to talk or vent to.
And, yes, while it is difficult to lose someone (most surely a parent), at least you know that he's now free from all of the pain he was going through. And I'm sure he'd want you to celebrate his life instead of mourning his death, but both of those kinds of things go hand in hand (both the celebrating and the mourning).
Nothing loved is ever truly lost.