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re: Have you seen a loved one in a state that crushed you…
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:35 pm to Tempratt
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:35 pm to Tempratt
Similar to you, I found my dad barely clinging to life after an ulcer bled so severely he couldn't get out of bed.
I found my mom dead.
Pro tip...a full mailbox before you enter a residence is a baaad sign.
I found my mom dead.
Pro tip...a full mailbox before you enter a residence is a baaad sign.
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 6:38 pm
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:40 pm to Tempratt
Both parents in a Hospice situation within 24 months w 2 siblings too far to help. Have to prepare yourself for that, Guys.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:42 pm to Tempratt
A lot. Godfather/uncle when I was 18. Had a long fight against colon cancer. Had seen him throughout but was not prepared for that last hospital visit at the end.
Grandfather during his last hospital stay.
My dad a few times after surgeries.
My little brother when hospitalized after a bad cancer diagnoses. That one hurt. They put him through hell and he took it all like a fricking champ. Kids gonna strength and fortitude.
My niece hen she was 5 was hospitalized for flu. She was so little in that big ole bed.
Father in law - hospice care for cancer. That was a particularly rough one. So much we just weren’t prepared for.
Life can be hard. And the human body can take an insane amount of abuse.
Grandfather during his last hospital stay.
My dad a few times after surgeries.
My little brother when hospitalized after a bad cancer diagnoses. That one hurt. They put him through hell and he took it all like a fricking champ. Kids gonna strength and fortitude.
My niece hen she was 5 was hospitalized for flu. She was so little in that big ole bed.
Father in law - hospice care for cancer. That was a particularly rough one. So much we just weren’t prepared for.
Life can be hard. And the human body can take an insane amount of abuse.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:43 pm to Tempratt
My mother in ICU unconscious with cancer induced sepsis. She was shivering slightly covered by just a bed sheet. I was not polite asking the nurses for warm blankets. She died a few minutes after I left to get some sleep while my brother and Dad stayed with her.
Later, my Dad in a hospital bed shortly after he died from heart failure. I had to fly into Nola from Houston on the early bird and didn’t make it while he was alive. His forehead was still warm to my touch. He was a bad arse Korean War F-86 pilot and engineer who could fix anything, cars to carpentry. A master salt water fisherman, his only hobby.
Many decades ago and I still think about them most every day.
Later, my Dad in a hospital bed shortly after he died from heart failure. I had to fly into Nola from Houston on the early bird and didn’t make it while he was alive. His forehead was still warm to my touch. He was a bad arse Korean War F-86 pilot and engineer who could fix anything, cars to carpentry. A master salt water fisherman, his only hobby.
Many decades ago and I still think about them most every day.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:44 pm to Tempratt
Yes.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:46 pm to Tempratt
My grandfather, who fought in the Pacific during WWII, ripped my heart out during his final few days of life before succumbing to lung issues. He couldn’t breathe well enough on his own so they had a bipap full face mask on with 100% oxygen him helping him breathe. He knew he was about to die and I could see the fear on his face as he struggled to get enough oxygen. So incredibly heartbreaking.
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:58 pm to Tempratt
I sat in the hospital with my dad wearing a BIPAP mask due to covid, he passed a few hours later when they tried to change masks. Don't think I'll ever talk about that day very much
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:04 pm to Tempratt
My mom is currently on a ventilator, can’t think of anything worse to see…
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:06 pm to Tempratt
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It was all I could do to not cry.
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My wife was with but I sure arse hell wanted to cry.
WTF. Are you terrified of crying or something? Or are you one of those idiots that thinks it makes you less of a man to cry?
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:15 pm to Tempratt
Yes. I’m had a great aunt who was elderly but sharp. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and didn’t last long but she wasted away.. her eyes sunk in.. in excruciating pain and agony and my lasting memories of her are at the end begging for relief and to end her suffering
It was tough to watch
It was tough to watch
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:19 pm to Tempratt
My Mom in hospice for metastatic breast cancer. She had lost over 100 pounds, could no longer walk or go to the bathroom on her own. Shaved her hair early on when it started falling out due to the chemo. She had developed gangrene in her foot due to the lack of circulation.
She was only lucid for parts of that week. I only had the opportunity to be alone with her for 5 minutes because my Dad refused to let anyone stay with her or be alone with her without him hovering. One of the many things I’ll never forgive my Dad for after she was diagnosed.
She was only lucid for parts of that week. I only had the opportunity to be alone with her for 5 minutes because my Dad refused to let anyone stay with her or be alone with her without him hovering. One of the many things I’ll never forgive my Dad for after she was diagnosed.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:23 pm to WhuckFistle
My grandaddy was in the hospital, and it wasn't the way he looked, but what he said. He told me he just wanted to die.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:28 pm to Tempratt
My mother is in a nursing home with dementia, so yeah.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:30 pm to Jim Rockford
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My mother is in a nursing home with dementia, so yeah.
That's tough. My mom had it too. Hang in there.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:37 pm to Tempratt
This is a pretty heavy thread but I’m sure your families appreciated you being there at the end. The time spent, even under tough circumstances, is still very valuable for all involved.
I had an Aunt pass earlier this year. She had been sick for a while and I was planning to make a visit to see her and other family later this year. Unfortunately she took a turn for the worse before my visit and I’ll always regret not making that trip sooner.
I had an Aunt pass earlier this year. She had been sick for a while and I was planning to make a visit to see her and other family later this year. Unfortunately she took a turn for the worse before my visit and I’ll always regret not making that trip sooner.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 8:26 pm to Tempratt
A few years ago, I visited my aunt and uncle who were both in full blown Alzheimer’s. To see my uncle, who was a former college athlete, a very successful executive with a fortune 50 corporation and an all around good husband and father to be reduced to that condition was gut-wrenching.
Both he and my aunt are in a better place now, but that day was one of my worst.
Both he and my aunt are in a better place now, but that day was one of my worst.
Posted on 4/6/24 at 8:29 pm to Tempratt
Yeah it's heartbreaking. Saw my grandma dying of cancer.
I've been the one they had to see in a bad state mainly. ODed in front of my family and had to be narcaned, had a drug induced stroke one time, all sorts of bad shite. Trying to clean myself up
I've been the one they had to see in a bad state mainly. ODed in front of my family and had to be narcaned, had a drug induced stroke one time, all sorts of bad shite. Trying to clean myself up
Posted on 4/6/24 at 8:29 pm to Tempratt
My mother in ‘96 and ‘12 going thru chemo for breast cancer.
My dad in the ICU ventilated and on dialysis after drinking himself to near death.
Grandfather battling liver cancer and going from strong and robust in April, starting chemo in May, died in July 2 days before my birthday and looked like a skeleton.
My dad in the ICU ventilated and on dialysis after drinking himself to near death.
Grandfather battling liver cancer and going from strong and robust in April, starting chemo in May, died in July 2 days before my birthday and looked like a skeleton.
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 4/6/24 at 8:40 pm to Tempratt
-my dad declining slowly and painfully with Parkinsons before eventually becoming bedridden and unable to communicate before dying with hospice
- my mother almost dying after a major gastric bleed and thrown blood clot during a bad bout of COVID
-my 9 month old son undergoing a spinal tap after having had a seizure
-my husband having his mangled hand cleaned and sewn back together following an accident—and the pain meds weren’t working for him.
So yeah. Almost everyone I love.
- my mother almost dying after a major gastric bleed and thrown blood clot during a bad bout of COVID
-my 9 month old son undergoing a spinal tap after having had a seizure
-my husband having his mangled hand cleaned and sewn back together following an accident—and the pain meds weren’t working for him.
So yeah. Almost everyone I love.
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 4/6/24 at 8:40 pm to Tempratt
Illinois is a tough state to be in so yes.
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