the imminent death of their father, my ex-husband. Sad time for me as well as I try to help them through this since they are so far away. They came from Montana and Washington State (one with an 11-month-old) in April and visited, tried to lift his spirits and tried to give him some hope of getting better, but his body seems just to have dissipated. He is on a ventilator now and for an excruciating week has been trying to decide whether or not to come off. Prognosis for him to survive and have any quality of life that does not involve a nursing home is nil.
They are hurting, trying to Facetime with him to try to help, but even at 26 and 30 they are young to deal with this. Their husbands have been as supportive as possible when they have not even had to deal with this sort of end-stage situation.
What makes it particularly hard is that his sister and brother who are in the area have nothing to do with him. My youngest is suppressing a lot of anger about that today.
Tomorrow he is supposed to make a decision. My oldest will Facetime with him later today. My youngest did yesterday and said he looked so awful she lost it for awhile when she got off the phone. Worried now about my oldest. She always seems to be so collected but is actually my more sensitive one in many ways.
Sorry so long, just trying to put thoughts into words. I appreciate any thoughts or prayers for strength you can spare.
They are hurting, trying to Facetime with him to try to help, but even at 26 and 30 they are young to deal with this. Their husbands have been as supportive as possible when they have not even had to deal with this sort of end-stage situation.
What makes it particularly hard is that his sister and brother who are in the area have nothing to do with him. My youngest is suppressing a lot of anger about that today.
Tomorrow he is supposed to make a decision. My oldest will Facetime with him later today. My youngest did yesterday and said he looked so awful she lost it for awhile when she got off the phone. Worried now about my oldest. She always seems to be so collected but is actually my more sensitive one in many ways.
Sorry so long, just trying to put thoughts into words. I appreciate any thoughts or prayers for strength you can spare.