Monday, January 29, 2018

I am back home but with sad news.....

Good morning everyone.  As you know I haven't posted much this month as I was going to be taking our daughter back to college and then travel onto Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN where my dad had been transported due to a heart attack.  I arrived on Sat, Jan 6 to give my sister and our mom a break from being in the hospital with my dad while he had his quadruple bypass and 2 valve replacements.  They left that night to go home to Cleveland, TN to get some rest for what we thought would be 2 or 3 days. 

However, my dad took a turn for the worse and coded at 2:15a.m. Sunday Jan 7.  The doctors and nurses worked on him many hours after that last heart attack and also shocked him numerous times.  The doctors took him back in to have the balloon surgery in hopes of helping his heart not work so hard and soon to be on to more recovery.  After the balloon surgery, my dad's heart was not responding like the doctors had hoped and told me to call my sister and mom to come back.  They did get back in time before the doctors said that they could not do anything else for my dad.  So we asked for him to be removed from life support.  My dad would not have wanted to be left on life support.

We said our goodbyes to my dad who was 75 years old, and he passed away at 10:11a.m. Sun Jan 7.  I will miss him dearly, but I know that he is not suffering from arthritis, no more back pain and definitely not any chest pain. 

As I posted on Facebook, out of our suffering and loss of losing our dad, he was an organ donor so in hopes that our loss was someone else's gain at life. 

Until another post.....Blessings.


16 comments:

  1. Brenda un abbraccio forte, anch'io ho perso mio padre, ti sono tanto vicina

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  2. I am so sorry for your loss Brenda.

    Linda

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  3. SO sorry for your loss! Hugs and prayers!!

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  4. Very sorry for your loss. I hope your dad's wish was granted and his donation has helped someone else's quality of life.

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  5. I am so very sorry for your loss Brenda. You and your family have my deepest condolences.
    Hugs & Prayers
    Sandy

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  6. I have been praying for you and your family Brenda. You were all together. That was so important. God bless you at this time.❤️

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  7. I'm so sorry for your loss, my deepest condolences. Mary

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  8. My deepest sympathy and condolences on the loss of your dad, Brenda. I will keep you and your family in my prayers during this time of sorrow.

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  9. Brenda, my heart goes out to you and your family. I'm glad to hear you were there with him as he passed. I will keep you all in my prayers.
    xxx

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  10. Oh, Brenda. My condolences. My Dad had heart issues over his life, so I know what it's like. So sorry to read about your Dad. :(

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  11. I am so sorry to read this, Brenda--you must miss him terribly. How wonderful to know that people have benefited from his generous spirit as an organ donor... Sending my condolences to you and your family.

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  12. I am so,so sorry for the loss of your father, Brenda. You and your family remain in my prayers.

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  13. I am so sorry for your loss Brenda. Dads are so special and I know you miss him very much. You are in my thoughts and prayers. RJ

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  14. Oh Brenda, I'm so very sorry for your loss. Treasure your memories, I'm sure you have lots. Hugs and prayers...

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  15. So sorry for your loss. Your Dad is not suffering now and you were with him at the end. I do hope this is some comfort to you, along with a lifetime of happy memories. And the knowledge he is helping someone else to live. What a great man.

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