Posted on 05/20/2016 8:50:01 AM PDT by null and void
Mary Litwin.....Hey guys. Steve and Gerry and I met with the Social Services Doc at Flagler today, and she was so kind. It could have been a very difficult conversation, but that old fart know's his own mind, as well as anyone within listening distance all the time. The doctors agree that there is no chance that continued Life Support will get him any closer to ever coming off of the mechanically controlled assistance to live his life the way he wants to.They have assured me that he is not aware of what he is going through.
Today, I signed the papers to take him off of all forms of support. They will not be acted upon until his brother Ed can get there Saturday morning to say goodbye. If anyone wants to see him before then, I've instructed them to not limit visitation to just Family. He's the guy that taught me that Family is not solely based on a blood relationship. He is in MICU room 3057. When we let him go on Saturday, he will have his favorite camera with him. I'd take his cat and his guns too, but I think that would cause a level of drama that would seriously upset the natives, and while it would amuse the hell out of him, I don't think the rest of us would fare as well. That's one mean damned cat, just saying.
I want for him to wake up tomorrow, rip the tube out of his throat, and say "Go get me a burger and a chocolate shake. The food here sucks."
Yes, I am trying to add some levity to a really crappy situation. If you don't know my Daddy, it may seem flippant. I can assure you that it is not. My Army Drill Sarge was by no means the first person to ever tell me to "Suck it up, Buttercup. Drive On."
I will be posting this on his FB wall as well, so forgive me if you have to read it twice. Love to All.......this is from Mary Litwin Bob's daughter
Prayers up
Prayers for Swampsniper and family.
So very sorry to hear this News. Our Prayers are with you and your precious Family. It is with great sorrow we hear this News. We will continue to Pray until that last breath is drawn, and continue for your Family. Thank you for all the laughs and of course the Pictures.
Prayers sent for Swampsniper and his family.
Bump
I’m very sorry to read this. Prayers sent.
Prayers Sent...
What a loss. His photos here were always a source of joy for me and, I know, many others. It takes a great joie de vivre to have that eye, take the time to capture the photos, and then the grace to have shared him as he did.
He is fortunate to have you looking out for him to the end.
Prayers to a really nice guy.
Spoke with him a few times over the years and found his zeal for life inspiring.
The world is better because of him.
God is weird though.
I had a dear friend the doctors swore she done for.
Miraculously, she survived their pronouncements and lived to the ripe old age of 101.
Maybe God will grant him another chance...
Prayers for SwampSniper, his friends and family. I am truly going to miss that good man.
I realized the fact that I’d addressed my reply to the wrong person after I’d already posted it. Sorry for any inconvenience it caused you. I just figured that Mary would eventually see it.
No problem, I should have been clearer in my original post!
Prayers up, and may God bless
SWAMPSNIPER loved our FReepathon threads and he was a treasured member of Jim’s FReepathon Team.
He liked the “nights” and would often ‘tour’ several threads posting his wonderful graphics, trying to drum-up donations!
Loved by all, SWAMPY will be forever missed, but also forever remembered. I offer my prayers for both a miracle or serene passage.
God bless Bob, his loving family and his cat.
I’m so, so sorry and sad about this news. I always read and liked his posts. Several times I went to his home page and checked it out. He is just a good ol’ guy. I will miss him and his posts. Prayers being sent.
Prayers up. So sorry to hear the news that another loved Freeper may be leaving us. We will pray for a complete recovery. All of us have enjoyed Swampsniper’s comments and his wonderful photos.
Mary, I understand your feelings, and your decision. We were faced with this same situation a few years ago when my dad had a stroke and then a bad heart attack. We knew he could not stand to be inside a building for any time at all. He had to be outside, with his feet on God’s earth and seeing the sky, so, we had to let him go. My prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time.
Sorry to hear this, Mary. I learned a lot from him. My prayers are with you and your family. My 6th-grade teacher made us learn 30 great poems.
This is one of the best:
Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Bob was a great man and you’re a chip off that block.
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