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Related: About this forum(aside) An old friend died last night.
He had a number of long term medical challenges going on. AIDS, chronic heart disease, HCV and diabetes. Went into the ER/ICU with chest pains. Apparently a cascade of organ failures occurred over the course of a few hours and he flat lined. I hear the ICU staff was terrific. They had treated him before, helped him be as comfortable as possible and supported a group of his friends to be with him.
He was gay, it was a Catholic hospital and one of his friends who stuck with him through it all was an Episcopal minister. I mention that in context of our forum here. Everyone did really well by him.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)I am glad he received excellent attention.
riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)She was a brillant woman...so intelligent. She supported me when my son and husband were dying of their cancers
My friend had a brain tumor . She lived with it since 2002. It is hard to have good friends die.
She had one daughter who was gay. My friend raised a wonderful kind supporting daughter.
It is hard to have our dear friends die. but I know my friend is no longer in pain
I am sorry for your loss.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)I am glad that he was surrounded by comfort and care, but so sorry for your loss.
sinkingfeeling
(51,448 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)pinto
(106,886 posts)Thats my opinion
(2,001 posts)As a pastor I have sat with scores of people until their last. As have every pastor i know.
We have nothing to offer but our presence. It is not doctrinal, it is no more than the love and compassion we have--as do many others --for any of our brothers any sisters.
Thirty years ago, when AIDS was a forbidden subject, a dying man at our nearby hospital wanted to be interviewed on the local TV station to telll his story. Nobody would touch it, so I had him wheeled into my church office--which everybody in the city could identified, since I was on the news every few days--and he was interviewed by a physician who was part of our church. That broke the back of he hostility for AIDs sufferers.
May your old friend continue to live in your memory.
okasha
(11,573 posts)It's good to know he received such loving, compassionate care.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)I'm so glad his last hours were made as comfortable as possible.