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Your prayers and caring responsiveness are profoundly appreciated

and deeply felt.

May God reward you all 10 times over.

Wellllll, he certainly has had a fierce streak in him, HiTech RedNeck. He’s not been one to take life overly easy until his macular degeneration ended his driving . . .

Then a ‘caring’ neighbor lady ended up robbing him seriously (actually of a silver dollar collection he had for me LOL) . . . feigning great caring for him . . .

And he broke his hip 2-6 months ago the first time. Fell out of bed and broke it again after partial hip replacement therapy. And now has broken it a 3rd time.

He was a Navy Corpsman and typically makes a horrible patient—not very trusting and somewhat demanding. Whacked a male nurse hard in the chest somewhat out of it because of the pain.

Thankfully, his missionary Brother came up from Texas a month or 3 ago and insured that he was ready to meet the Lord and had forgiven everyone. PRAISE GOD FOR THAT. THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN.

That same Brother and I have now said he can feel free to go to the Lord on the phone to him. He reportedly registered that it was us talking to him.

The vital signs etc. are all extremely bleak. And, frankly, I don’t think Dad would like to hang around in even half as bad a shape. He had acted terrified to go but I think Uncle D & wife talking to him has greatly helped that score.

Prayers for The Lord Jesus to comfort him and ease his passing would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Josa, yes, a peaceful comforting passing would be great.

Thanks for understanding, jacquej & all.

Thanks tons for your suggestion Pontiac—my step-sister is at least as fierce as dad. I’m confident she’ll insure all that can be done.

He also has MERSA Sigh.

Thanks, Trisham. I will though I’ll probably go to church around 18:45 tonight.

Prayers for me . . . may be irrationally fearful that my also 88 year old step-Dad would go in the same rough time frame as my mother and step-mother graduated within 5 days of one another. My step-dad seems to be in good health except for a cold and bad knees and a cataract.

Feel free to ask whatever . . . oneamericanvoice—he has MERSA and his vital signs have crashed big time. The medical personnel have said that the family needs to tell him it’s alright to go. There’s nothing, essentially, that they can do for him.

I don’t think he’s wanted to linger the last 3 months or so in most respects. I think his reasons for living have evaporated. He doesn’t handle the pain or the confinement well at all. He has not had bladder control since prostrate cancer nearly took him several years ago. Now his bowels are also a mess—in more ways than one.

Not sure what else is going on medically. I do trust my step-sister a lot. She’s well able to insure that everything that can be done is being done.

Thanks tons Citizen Soldier. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Thanks liege, CynicalBear—God’s comfort to you in your grief, too.

Thanks yarddog. I don’t think Dad would have tolerated languishing in a home for 2 years at all well.

Thanks fanfan and all for the prayers and virtual hugs.

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