please pray for my dear oldest brother who is sadly dying right as we speak....
he was in the 3rd Marine division in Nam and suffered the last several yrs with Parkinsons, plus he was at Lejune....
he developed a bad pneumonia and has been on the vent.....
family is going to let him go in peace....
lets remember the sacrifices our guys have suffered...endless wars for one...
he did the right and patriotic thing and joined up as a very young man and he did very well in life and has got a good, successful family....
but he's just 75...in my mind that is far too young...his life was cut short due to Nam.....
as far as this election, and our lives here on earth, we really can only rely on God to save us....
pray....
I lost one brother last year to the covid protocol and now this brother, who I know begged me to get vaxxed....the vaxx does harm your immune system and I am sure that contributed to his severe illness....
our families are diminishing and I don't like it at all...
Prayers for all.
Prayers up for you and your brother.
“Every knee shall bow.”
That is coming as well. Prayers for you and your dear brothers. ❤
Sorry to hear that. Praying... Healing, Peace and Comfort.
May God take care of your brother in life and after he departs from this world.
Prayers up!
Oh no- so sorry! Heartfelt prayers up for this good man and brave fighter.
Praying for your brother and you, that his passing is gentle and that you are comforted.
I’m sorry, Cherry. Prayers for your brother and your family.
I’m so sorry about your brother. May God comfort you and family in his last days.
Praying for God’s peace and comfort, cherry.
Praying for peace and comfort for your family.
So sorry to hear this, Cherry. Prayers up for your brother. He is going to Paradise, and will wait for you there. God bless. AFB-XYZ
Cherry, you have my profound sympathy and your brother my prayers as he goes to meet the Good Lord/pat
oh, cherry - I’m so sorry..
Cherry,
Prayers out for you and your family.
Be there for each other, and for your brother.
Hugs and peace.
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God, thank you for being with us right now.
We confess that we don’t understand why things happen the way they do.
We don’t understand why illness comes into our lives, but we do know that you walk every path of life with us.
I know that you are walking with us right now.
Remind us that you love us, no matter what we go through.
Give us strength as we care for our loved ones.
God, we thank you that you never leave us, that you never forsake us, but you love us.
We trust you, and pray in your name.
Amen.
Cherry; Prayers for your brother! At the end of his life may he find rest and healing in God and his Son, and may your family find peace and comfort in that knowledge. (Amen!)
I think that it was ALS, but I cannot recall now. He was ventilator dependent. He was trached. A lot of people, (most) are unaware of it, but trached Patients even while ventilated actually can speak. I loved helping such people. It was wonderful to bring them back from isolation where that inability to verbally communicate was relieved. It was always a very big deal for such persons.
I tended to this person for a few weeks. He finally went home where he would have support in the confines of his own home. I did not anticipate seeing him again.
Well, one day he returned to that Ward. It turned out that the process of ‘surviving’ was simply too much for him. He requested rest, and was ready to go and meet God. There was no hope for healing from his awful neurological malady. Fortunately he was assigned a Nurse who was a friend of mine. That guy is pretty cool, really charming and a Musician. He knew well how to contend with people in dire straights.
This Patient though, he was ready. He dressed for the occasion. He wore a bright red Tee Shirt that had big gold letters on the front. It said MARINE. It also had more subdued printing which said ‘Semper Fi.’ He had some sort of badge, perhaps a Medal. He projected great strength and power, despite the fact that he was near death.
My friend the Nurse did what he had to and I was summoned to perform my function. Years ago we used to refer to it as a ‘terminal wean’ but that expression was changed to ‘compassionate wean.’ At my next hospital, people had never heard that term, but it was appreciated and soon became the standard. It is not as if we are taking people off of ventilators every day. Over 20 years I perhaps dealt with such events fewer than 15 times, probably less. Still, this Marine, proud of his legacy until the last looked quite impressive as he lay there, supine, quite at ease, and I thought of the verse, 2 Timothy 4:7, about ‘I have finished the race…..’ A part of me felt to weep. I remained stoic.
That man was a hero. Personally I came very close to being a Marine myself but it was not my destiny. I could never share in his brotherhood. I admired him that day, and all Marines. Your Brother is almost certainly pleased to be ready to meet his other brothers again, those who you or none else can ever fully understand.
Semper Fi.