liltazcat/Laurie's husband passed

Hi guys,
This message was posted in an older thred so I thought I should bring it to the front of the line in case some of you missed it. Heart breaking. Love..Sue

April 28, 2011 - 5:29pm
My beloved has passed
Came home with hospice care. They were wonderful and caring people who did a great job. We got home on April 8, and he was able to walk with assistance and feed himself. Within two days, I had to feed him every meal, and hold the cup for him to sip from a straw. Got him into the car and took him for a ride on Thursday afternoon. He got so he couldn't walk anymore, and on Tuesday he stopped opening his mouth for food. Tuesday evening he suffered 3 seizures within an hour the first lasting 10 min, the second 12 mins and the third one 15 mins. The hospice nurse came after the first seizure, and by the third one was on the phone with 911 to get him to the hospital to get IV seizure medication. She said we need to get the seizures under control. So at the hospital they gave us the choice of taking him home or to the inpatient hospice to be sure the seizures were under control. We choice inpatient hospice, and thank god as at 3 am he had another seizure that lasted only two minutes. This one left him in a coma and he had no use of his arms or legs. He laid lifeless until Thursday evening when he passed to eternal life at 8:30 pm.
My beloved husband is now with god in a better place without pain or suffering. I wish I could have kept him longer, but knew he would not have wanted to suffer any longer.

To all of you, PLEASE get the drug information on any drugs your doctor wants you to take.
Take the time to read and understand the side effects. Is PML rare? Yes, but it does happen and there is no cure. My husband took these drugs reguardless of side effects and never got sick. People didn't realize he had cancer because he never looked or acted sick. I didn't treat him like he was sick and he didn't want others to treat him that way either. When people knew and aske him how he was doing his response was always "great".
So the rare side effect got him, and until it did he lived life to the fullest, and did the things he loved. His opinion was "Life is for the Living" and he felt if he weren't living he might as well be dead. Said to think, and deal with now, but those words gave
me comfort in my time of sorrow, and I think that I'll have them carved in his head stone.
And always remember Life is for the Living.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Frank will be sadly missed by myself and all his loving family and friends.

Laurie