My cousin (my age) and son of my other uncle (brother of the uncle that died alone) developed a terribly painful case of stomach cancer. After some years, I located him and his new wife by backtracking obituaries and correlating Facebook accounts. His wife passed his cell phone number to me via Messenger. We hadn't spoken since January 1978. He managed about two minutes on the phone with me. Couldn't tolerate more due to inadequate pain medication. COVID isolated him from his wife and proper pain management. He died alone and in pain. We never had another opportunity to speak on the cell phone.
My condolences to you. I am so sorry to hear of your loss, too. It was terribly hard to stomach when this happened to close friends with their parents and an aunt early on in the lockdowns. Then it happened to my sister and brother-in-law who lost his Mom. These were all before vaccinations were distributed.
When this happened to my brother, a couple of months ago, his vaccinated wife who was negative for CoVid but his caregiver for 10 days before hospitalization couldn’t go see him, not even for one minute, even on his very last day...well, I am still angry over the hospital visitor policies for my beloved brother and ALL CoVid patients.
This HORRIBLE patient treatment has to stop. My family has been torn apart, instead of being able to come together. I hold Fauci personally responsible for the antics of hospital administrators. What ever happened to a patient’s bill of rights? They went out the window.
I lost my brother in late August. It has been devastating for my family. I think because we weren’t able to visit nor be together during his demise has made us all grieve in a new and awful way.