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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California 
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5% 90% arterial blockage. Heart functioning at 5%. Labored breathing. Fists clenched tight. Eyes pop open every 10 minutes or so For the 4th straight day. Refuses sleep meds. Anxiety meds too. When your body no longer remembers to breathe of its own accord, The fear of deep sleep wins, Even in a mind barely cusping sanity. A moment of clarity. His sunken eyes find mine, Pools welling within. The fear is evident... And knowlede. He knows he did this to himself. Doc says it's a miracle he's still with us, Even if what little time he has left is a torturous death sentence. I begin to wonder? [This message has been edited by Michael (11-14-2019 04:18 AM).] |
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augustsky Senior Member Posts 828 midwest US |
Heartbreaking (((M.))) |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA |
Michael, I was sitting at my fathers side when he passed. This was so similar that you could have been there. However, I don’t “wonder”, I know that I would welcome death as opposed to that kind of existence. |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Michael, You took us to the bedside with you. Heartbreaking.~L |
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