Greetings My Friends
My Dad passed away in the early morning of Mar 15 at 97 years of age.
He fell in middle Feb, spent a week in hospital, almost 2 weeks
in rehab hospital then at our suggestion and his full agreement,
went back to his room for hospice care at his retirement center
( aka TLLCS - "The Landlocked Cruise Ship"). He died comfortabley in his
sleep.
He lived on his own terms and died on his own terms, with no regrets.
Fortunately, under the auspices of the hospice nurses, he was given as much
morphine as he needed for comfort.
He literally told my sister and I NOT to come out to be with him. He knew he
would be addled , in pain, and in a state he did not want to seen in.
Oh look, he made me end my sentence in a preposition!
He is the last "elder" in both my and SWMBO families. My Mom crossed
over ~ 2015, Mrs. Marvels' parents in 2010 & 2012, and her aunts and uncles
between 2005 and 2015.
Fortunately, my Dad saw it coming a couple years ago and diistributed his
“Stuff” that we might care about between my sister and myself on his last roadtrip.
I am now swamped with "all too familiar" paperwork, sorting, trustee
crap & etc. Fortunately my corporate training & experience in patents paperwork,
strict and tort liability paperwork, and various burocratic Govt paperwork nightmares
is serving me well in this regards.
As Always,
Your Humble Servant but somewhat poorly
Prof Marbles