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Hogs & Quiches & Prayers Round-up:  my dad and his brother  |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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 Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 03:55:47 AM
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Got "the call" last night as my dad was heading to Comumbus. His brother Bruce is slippng.
I posted about him maybe a few months back. Hospice really took care of thongs and his health stablizied. Sad how the system then took him off hospice and he slipped further this time.
Dad said last night Bruce's breathing was really labored and shallow and his arms and legs were super cold. A sure sign of his impending passng.
So we'll be waiting to get the call, and will then coordinate for a memorial service.
It will be a gigantic weight lifted off my dad, but it's the limbo that's the sad part to watch |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 06:03:02 AM
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Anna, that's so not right how the system treats people. Why did they take Hospice away? I will be praying for you dad and his brother.
Kris
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 08:08:16 AM
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Prayers sent!
Hugs,
Hannah
Farmgirl sister #1219!
"Lifes not about the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away."
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violetrose
True Blue Farmgirl
960 Posts
Ruth
Epworth
GA
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 08:20:10 AM
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Anna, I am lifting your Dad, his brother and your family in prayer.
hugs,
Ruth
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 08:30:18 AM
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Sending strength and light to your Dad and loved ones.
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
1487 Posts
Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 09:05:03 AM
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Sending prayers your way.
~ Elaine
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi
http://embchicken.blogspot.com
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LindaJo
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
Linda
Fargo
ND
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 3:33:23 PM
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praying
Art cleans the dust of everyday life from the soul. Picasso |
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 10:06:48 PM
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Sending up prayers. It's sad the way the "system" treats people.
Cind
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2011 : 06:28:53 AM
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Please don't take this as a political stand in the wrong forum, but that's how the state system works .....and has given us a taste first hand of what "managed health care" is truly like.
Hospice was taken away when Brice's condition "appeared" to improve about a month and a half ago. Well ,duh! It did b/c the level of care was stepped up.
Couldn't they see the pattern!? And now we are paying the price.
Dad was going to stop back into the nursing home and double check on things this a.m..
He may come home later today......but perhaps only to have to turn back around in who knows how long.
It's an 8 hour drive, so I'm especially concerned about the road wear.
Thanks so much for the kind words and prayers |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 13 2011 : 03:40:47 AM
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Bruse is stable for now. He has a hospice nurse that checks in M W F
For now we play the waiting game.
We are all praying that the Lord takes Bruce home quickly so his suffering will end
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 19 2011 : 5:25:44 PM
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My dad called Sunday afternoon and said Bruce had passed earlier that morning.
The hospice nurse was there and called my dad to say there was no time.
Dad side to Bruce that it was ok. Just relax and everything was going to be ok and he would see their mom and dad very soon.
The nurse said Bruce passed about 3 minutes after the conversation took place.
So it was peaceful and pain free---hall-le-loo!
We'll go up to Columbus in May for the memorial service. He'll be cremated, so there's no rush My folks are headed up there tomorrow to tie up loose ends and collect some of Bruce's items. I bet that will be tough. At this stage in the game, he really didn't have much.
Thank you for your kind words and prayers. Thank goodness for Hospice |
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debtea2
True Blue Farmgirl
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deborah
nutley
nj
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2011 : 5:53:09 PM
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anna
my prayers are with you and your family..
blessings deborah
inch by inch we find our way
jersey farmgirl
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 21 2011 : 5:54:54 PM
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 24 2011 : 07:12:32 AM
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so sorry for your families loss. sending hugs and love to you. sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 03:52:09 AM
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thanks everybody.
Sounds like we are going to have a smallish family reunion.
Sad that this is what it takes to get us all together.
I have another uncle and aunt who will be coming in from Baton Rouge |
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OneHippieChick
True Blue Farmgirl
195 Posts
Susan
Huntsville
AL
USA
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Posted - May 04 2011 : 8:07:49 PM
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Anna, I'm so sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers..
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my dad and his brother
