After the Fact

Hello, I know it’s been awhile, again. The days seem to just be going by so so fast!! However, here is the update on my family.

My family had the viewing of my Uncles body, Wednesday February 16th, 2022. He looked so peaceful and no longer in pain. My Aunt is taking it better than she thought she would as the rest of us are as well. She is finding the positive of a negative situation, as she was told he would be coming home after quarantine (he developed Covid in the nursing home) he survived the Covid and seemed to be doing better, then a turn in events happened… A nurse attempted to wake him for his breakfast and morning routine on Friday February 11th, 2022, he would not come to, his pulse was very slow and his blood pressure was very high.

The nurse then called 911 and had him rushed to the Heart Heath Hospital we have here. After testing and evaluation, it was found that he had also somehow gotten Septic while in the nursing home this was not good for his already deteriorating body of about a year. His heart was weak and he was basically in a coma.

On the morning of February 13th, 2022 the nurse from the hospital called and informed my Aunt that her husband was not doing so well and that she should probably come as soon as possible. After this phone call, my Aunt and her sister rode to the hospital. He hung on for awhile and gave signs he knew she was there.

Then, my Aunt explained how his monitor went off and it flat lined. She yelled out for help, the nurses and Doctor rushed in and they started chest compressions (as he had went into cardiac arrest). After 5 minutes of the chest compressions and no signs of a change the Doctor came out and asked my Aunt what she wanted them to do, keep going or stop, my Aunt told them to just stop that’s what he would have wanted anyway. So that was what happened on the day he passed away.

They were married for 46 years.

She finds comfort in his death, one, because she knows he’s with their Grandson and two, because she had no idea how she was going to take care of him when he came home as he would have needed around the clock care. He was a large man and she’s a tiny woman she had no idea how she would roll him or help him to the bathroom etc.. she believes that God did what he did for him and her, that God worked it out to where he was no longer struggling and in pain (as her and their adopted daughter believe he had sclerosis of the liver and never told them) and for her as she didn’t know how she was going to take care of him. Either way, she would have done what it took to take care of him though. She feels quilt in the relief she has of knowing she will now be able to take care of him.

Our family is strong, supportive and will do anything for each other. We all have told her to not feel the least bit guilty, that it was ok for her to feel relief. He is no longer in pain, he’s with his Grandson and he’s healthy now.

I know these blogs have nothing to with what my site is supposed to be about but I’ll get there too. But, this is part of my life. That’s all for now, hope you all enjoy the read.