Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 My great uncle (with mito) died Wednesday, June 30. He was 80 years old, and was diabetic, hard of hearing, and had been on kidney dialysis for years. Finally, after having to move around the place in his arm through which they did dialysis because the veins were deteriorating, and repeated surgeries to move the place they did the dialysis from, (he deteriorated with each surgery) and finally the dialysis failing completely, he died. He was being fed through a feeding tube when he died, and was basically in a comatose state by the last. His name was Virgil , and he was my maternal grandmother's brother. He had been sickly his entire adult life pretty much and a little bit " weird " mentally. My grandmother, bless her heart, was really upset, tho she has been expecting it. To top it all off, July 1, a close friend of the family who used to be married to a cousin of ours, died from lung cancer. It has been one heck of a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 I am very sorry for your losses. I will keep all of you in my thoughts. laurie > > Reply-To: > Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 19:51:03 -0600 > To: > Subject: Sad news > > My great uncle (with mito) died Wednesday, June 30. He was 80 years old, and > was diabetic, hard of hearing, and had been on kidney dialysis for years. > Finally, after having to move around the place in his arm through which they > did dialysis because the veins were deteriorating, and repeated surgeries to > move the place they did the dialysis from, (he deteriorated with each surgery) > and finally the dialysis failing completely, he died. He was being fed > through a feeding tube when he died, and was basically in a comatose state by > the last. His name was Virgil , and he was my maternal grandmother's > brother. He had been sickly his entire adult life pretty much and a little > bit " weird " mentally. My grandmother, bless her heart, was really upset, tho > she has been expecting it. To top it all off, July 1, a close friend of the > family who used to be married to a cousin of ours, died from lung cancer. It > has been one heck of a week! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 , I am so sorry to hear about your families losses. It is never easy, even we do know our loved ones are sick. Please know that we are here for you. Hugs, flutterby4490 wrote: >My great uncle (with mito) died Wednesday, June 30. He was 80 years old, and was diabetic, hard of hearing, and had been on kidney dialysis for years. Finally, after having to move around the place in his arm through which they did dialysis because the veins were deteriorating, and repeated surgeries to move the place they did the dialysis from, (he deteriorated with each surgery) and finally the dialysis failing completely, he died. He was being fed through a feeding tube when he died, and was basically in a comatose state by the last. His name was Virgil , and he was my maternal grandmother's brother. He had been sickly his entire adult life pretty much and a little bit " weird " mentally. My grandmother, bless her heart, was really upset, tho she has been expecting it. To top it all off, July 1, a close friend of the family who used to be married to a cousin of ours, died from lung cancer. It has been one heck of a week! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Thanks Laurie HUGS > > > I am very sorry for your losses. I will keep all of you in my thoughts. > > laurie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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