Tuesday was a bad news day

[monkey5s]

I was getting ready to go to the grocery when my s-i-l called. She sounded wrecked, told me my brother was "gone". She was following the squad to the hospital, and I said I'd be there as soon as I could.

It was sudden, he had slid off the bed when he was trying to get up, and he just stopped breathing. She called 9-1-1, the squad got there almost instantly (the station is very close to their house), tried to resuscitate him at the house, then transported him with lights and sirens, but she said she knew it was useless.

There's lots of upset of course, only it's not really unexpected, because he's had so many health problems for so long. It is still sobering, he was only 61. And my only sibling.

Comments

[readinggeek451]

I'm very sorry. It's never easy, no matter the circumstances.

Be kind to yourself. ((((Monks))))

[monkey5s]

Thanks, it's still hard to accept. There are so many things that change, now, and it will take awhile to catalog all of them. And first we all have to get over the shock of how fast it happened, you know?

[lavendertook]

Oh, no! I'm so sorry, monks. *hugs you* If there's anything I can do, let me know.

[monkey5s]

Thank you. I am still asking my s-i-l the same thing, you know? She's doing fine so far, though. She had told me she told her brother what happened before she called me, and he asked if she wanted him to come to the hospital. She told him no. When she called me, I did not ASK, I just said I would be there ASAP. I mean, she said she does better on things like that if she's on her own, but I was determined to bear witness, you know?

[lavendertook]

Yes, you have a right to be there. *hugs*