God Bless you and your sons. I have stage IV colon cancer and I know how your father felt. You want to survive and fight like hell to do so, but there is always the thought you may not wine this fight and it hurts to watch those who care about you suffer from watching you go through the treatments , surgeries and side effects.
I truly believe it is much easier to be the patient than the caregiver. You have an amazing family and I hope you will all forget about those last days (well all the bad parts of them, there are always some good parts) and remember his life when he was free of disease and all the good times you and your family shared together. Those memories will keep him alive for you the rest of your life and your son's lives.
Take care and God bless you
On 3/14/2008
Azzie21 wrote:
(((((((((Katy)))))))))
I'm so sorry to hear of your husband's passing. I know that being there with him, along with your sons had to have been a great blessing for your husband.
I pray that you and your sons will eventually find peace, knowing that your husband no longer has to fight this beast. God took over, beating the beast - the beast no longer has any control over your husband.
Gentle hugs,
Azzie
On 3/13/2008
KatyB wrote:
My husband died yesterday morning at home. He fought hard until the end. Words seem so inadequate to describe how much I love him and miss him. He was an inspiration to all who knew him. I am sorry for those of you that are fighting this battle and hope every day doctors and researchers are working to come up with a cure or at least improve the survival rates by detecting the disease earlier.
My sons were here over the past 3 days to help me care for my husband and witnessed much of his end of life struggle. They are all in shock and doing the best they can to cope with the loss of their father and step-father. My husband never wanted to put any of us through this. I know we were able to give him some peace in doing this and showed him with our care how much we valued his love and our life together by staying by his side and honoring his wish to die at home.
I wish all of you the strength to get through this and I will continue to hope for miracles!
KatyB