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So my dad has been sick for a while now. Has parkinsons. We found out last week he has a very aggressive form of CLL. The only way to diagnose it is a bone marrow biopsy. It basically hid in his parkinsons, all the symptoms mimic the advancement of parkinsons.
I spoke to my dad twice while he was ill, but still functioning, not for very long, but got 2 short phone calls with him. Usually we talk for an hour 1 time a week.
As I was sitting around the dinner table last night with my oldest, I told him, I won't ever get to have a conversation with my dad again.
Thankfully he is home, hospice is coming, he has less than a month to live. I would be surprised if he makes it that long. He mumbles now, its hard to figure out what he is saying. It has been truly awful to watch him decline.
Why do we seem to forget that time with someone is fleeting, until time runs out?
Pick up the phone and call someone you love. Go visit them. You just don't know when time runs out. If I could turn back time, I would have made some more phone calls to my dad.
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Great post and great advice Lockjaw. Praying for your dad and your family. I know it's tough to go through.
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I hate to read that. Prayers Sent for ya'll. None of that is easy.
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That's tough Lockjaw. Prayers for comfort during this time.
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Pick up the phone and call someone you love. Go visit them. You just don't know when time runs out. If I could turn back time, I would have made some more phone calls to my dad. Sorry to hear about your dad, mine had a similar slow decline and it sucks watching them slowly fade. I'll be praying for you and your family. Years ago, as he was aging, my dad would call me every day and say 'I just wanted to call and say hey while I still can', the reality of what he was saying didn't set in good until it was too late.
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My dad suffered hard the last few years. It was a blessing to know his suffering was over. I know that's little consolation. But it felt like a weight lifted off my shoulders when I got the call. His last words to my mother was asking her when I left. She told him three days ago. He laid back, said, Oh, OK. And took his last breath. The man suffered hard. He's at peace now.
Sounds like your dad is suffering hard. I pray for his comfort. and yours.
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Prayers for you and your family brother. We went through that with my Dad and brain cancer.
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Prayers for you buddy Went through this with my mom and brother.
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I went through similar with my father and prayed relief for him. Had COPD, when he passed i knew he finally wasn't hurting for each breath and finally got the relief he was rewarded. As odd that's sometimes all you can do. Pray for comfort, however it comes. Hang in there brother.
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John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life".
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Advice to live by. Thanks LJ. Prayers for you and your loved ones
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I was sitting bedside next to my Dad when he took his last breath with Cancer. I'll never forget that day.
Prayers to you and family.
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That's truly a heartbreaking situation. Sending prayers for the OP and family.
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Sorry for what you're going through, class act to take the time to advise others
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Prayers sent for you and the family.
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Parkinson’s is a terrible progressive disease to watch take over someone’s body
You never know what it’s going to effect next in its cycle
Prayers for you and all that are dealing with this
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Parkinson’s took my Dad. Prayers for you and your family
We had to make some tough decisions
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Thank you for sharing lockjaw, I needed to hear that today, and I am sure I am not the only one. Prayers sent for you and the family for comfort during this difficult time
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