kbee
New member
- Joined
- Jan 22, 2007
- Messages
- 7
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- tennessee
- City
- nashville
My cousin passed away May 15. I had been fearing that he was near the end. I am so glad that I was there, I ended up spending Monday night with him. He had a rough night that night, he was in such pain and hadn't sleeped in a couple of days. The next morning he said that he felt something was happening. He felt that he wasn't getting any oxygen and when we tried to use that cough assist/suction machine but we got nothing.
His 10 year old son came into the room and my cousin told him "I am afraid that I am not going to be able to take care of you anymore". That was so hard to watch. He asked his mom "what do you want me to do"...she told him that "his father was waiting for him and he would take care him". It was like he was asking permission to give up. His 4 year had been playing with my cell phone and walked in playing one of his favorite songs that we used to play while out on his boat. He smiled and said "we had so much fun and I want you all to take the whole family and continue to go and have fun".
We called other family members and he told us he loved us all and gave us one last kiss. The nurse said it okay for us to give him another drop of morphine. We did and it wasn't long that he was finally able to go to sleep.
I learned alot from many of you not be selfish and to understand that he is a better place now and not suffering anymore. It is still hard and I miss him so much but I know that I will be with him again.
His 10 year old son came into the room and my cousin told him "I am afraid that I am not going to be able to take care of you anymore". That was so hard to watch. He asked his mom "what do you want me to do"...she told him that "his father was waiting for him and he would take care him". It was like he was asking permission to give up. His 4 year had been playing with my cell phone and walked in playing one of his favorite songs that we used to play while out on his boat. He smiled and said "we had so much fun and I want you all to take the whole family and continue to go and have fun".
We called other family members and he told us he loved us all and gave us one last kiss. The nurse said it okay for us to give him another drop of morphine. We did and it wasn't long that he was finally able to go to sleep.
I learned alot from many of you not be selfish and to understand that he is a better place now and not suffering anymore. It is still hard and I miss him so much but I know that I will be with him again.