Posted on 04/29/2007 10:47:38 PM PDT by Global2010
Just got finished from shift with 28yrs of caring for King Vanity who is a medically fragile quadroplegic.
We came home from Medical Center and have been working full board to keep him going.
Doc suggested we take him back to the Med Center for hospice arrangements.
I have been his careprovider for all his life and he has asked me to stop making him get up and go like he used to do and let him rest.
His lungs and digestive sytem are shutting down due to lifelong brain stem damage.
Our Priest will be here tommarrow to give him his last rites...
He will then be allowed to chill (I will make him work when possible to get up and go) untill the good Lord calls...
We have done all possible and are respecting his right to have comfort at home.
Meaning Free Repub and CSpan Road to the White House. (each to their own)
He will be 28 on May 23 and is the longest survivor of his type.
I know the Lord will grant him many years to come just not as a go go guy.
Medically he can not tolerate the constant hands on care as his health requires more and more constant care.
King Vanity is an active Catholic and a member of Militia Imaculta Fr.Kolbe ministries which is his life long goal of lifting all others up in his suffering through Prayers.
Many prayers for you and your son, Global.
God Bless you and your dear son..
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Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.
Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Prayers continue
Prayers up for all involved...
God give you courage and comfort as you deal with this situation and my the angels and saints guide him on his journey, whether in this world or the next.
AVE MARIA, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
(HAIL, MARY, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.)
SALVE REGINA, Mater misericordiae. Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. Ad te Suspiramus, gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo, Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.
(Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.)
God bless you both. Continuing prayers...
Your words bring back memories like a tsunami. May you emerge from it as we did, with the comfort of Mary and our Family in Heaven enveloping you both, and with a faith so strong, it will prevail as never before.
Dominus vobiscum
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May the good Lord and the Theotokos strengthen and encourage all in this situation. His grace is sufficient. None of this is a surprise to Him. His love is beyond all understanding.
Prayers for you and King Vanity.
That was lovely, Quix.
Tears. I cannot imagine your pain and anguish. Prayers sent for you and yours.
Prayers up for King Vanity and you with your family.
In the name of our Savior Jesus
Amen
God bless you and King Vanity, and we will continue to plead for God’s grace for both of you.
Prayer BUMP
Thanks for your kind words.
Continued Prayers, affection, . . . and God’s best for each of you involved.
I believe King Vanity is most fortunate. His courage encourages me. Remember that courage is a grace freely given to all who ask. I turn away so readily from His gifts and lose all that is hoped for.
I read your post and inadvertently, spontaneously started to cry.
After years of suffering, this man doesn’t need our prayers—we should beg him to pray for us.
May he understand that few of us want to follow his path to God, but if circumstances require, his is a shining exemplar.
May King Vanity and all his caregivers find peace, joy, and respite in the Light.
May the Lord bless you. A good life, a good death, with loved ones taking every chance to show loving-kindness: a foretaste of heaven.
May the Lord bless you. A good life, a good death, with loved ones taking every chance to show loving-kindness: a foretaste of heaven.
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