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Randy when I did not here from you over last couple of weeks. I feard the worst. Pat and I are truley sorry. Kathy's battle was one of great courage. I'll be in contact soon. God Bless.
An Irish Blessing
for
Randy and Kathy
May the road rise to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rains fall soft upon your fields and,
until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
GOD Bless you and your family!
for
Randy and Kathy
May the road rise to meet you,
may the wind be always at your back,
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rains fall soft upon your fields and,
until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of His hand.
GOD Bless you and your family!
Thank you for the kind words
Thank you for the kind words
Those of you who knew me on the board know that I haven't been around in over six months. Kathy's illness became so consuming after her relapse from a bone marrow transplant in January that there was no time or energy.
I did try to keep in touch with a few of you but even those attempts became fewer and far between.
Since January Kathy had been in the hospital five or six months. Imagine! I can't and I was going to the hospital every day after work bringing her dinner, spending several hours, going home and trying to get necessary things done at home.. then getting up and doing it all over again for months at a time. She did have a month out of the hospital once or twice during that time.
But after going back into the hospital in June she had multiple relapses following chemo. Contracted pneumonia and spent 10 days in ICU, bounced back .. had more chemo and then got another monster infecton that this time didn't respond well to the antibiotics. Also the chemo that she most recently had didn't work all that well so they did it again.
OH WELL... THIS time I think (know) that the chemo worked so well that it killed ALL her bone marrow. She did NOT bounce back. Her white counts remained low.. her normal blood , red cells and platelets .. none of it came back properly. Instead she just got more nasty leukemic cells.. Then she got that nasty infection Clostridium and then Strep. which just overwhelmed her system. The strongest antibiotics available could not eradictae the infecton.
Over the past three weeks I have seen my wife slowly die. I was called on Saturday morning to allow removal of all active medication and blood products, to allow comfort care only (morphine and saline) and to let her go. I felt that I needed to consult with her mother who lives nearby and her sister from CT before making that decisions.
But since she continued to decline so rapidly and came to be in serious pain with not real hope of coming back (we had agreed no heroic measures... and giving 6 units of blood a day, two units of platelets, frozen packed plasma plus antibiotics.. etc with no good results.. became to be considered "heroic measures" andwas futile.
I gave permission for comfort care on Monday morning. Kathy passed away yesterday (Wednesday) morning.
It is with great sorrow and grief that I tell you this.
I am very distrought, sick and numb. Although Kathy had been sick for a very long time. I loved her very much and so hoped for this to work.
Thanks for your support
Love to all
AzRusty
Randy
Thank you for the kind words
Those of you who knew me on the board know that I haven't been around in over six months. Kathy's illness became so consuming after her relapse from a bone marrow transplant in January that there was no time or energy.
I did try to keep in touch with a few of you but even those attempts became fewer and far between.
Since January Kathy had been in the hospital five or six months. Imagine! I can't and I was going to the hospital every day after work bringing her dinner, spending several hours, going home and trying to get necessary things done at home.. then getting up and doing it all over again for months at a time. She did have a month out of the hospital once or twice during that time.
But after going back into the hospital in June she had multiple relapses following chemo. Contracted pneumonia and spent 10 days in ICU, bounced back .. had more chemo and then got another monster infecton that this time didn't respond well to the antibiotics. Also the chemo that she most recently had didn't work all that well so they did it again.
OH WELL... THIS time I think (know) that the chemo worked so well that it killed ALL her bone marrow. She did NOT bounce back. Her white counts remained low.. her normal blood , red cells and platelets .. none of it came back properly. Instead she just got more nasty leukemic cells.. Then she got that nasty infection Clostridium and then Strep. which just overwhelmed her system. The strongest antibiotics available could not eradictae the infecton.
Over the past three weeks I have seen my wife slowly die. I was called on Saturday morning to allow removal of all active medication and blood products, to allow comfort care only (morphine and saline) and to let her go. I felt that I needed to consult with her mother who lives nearby and her sister from CT before making that decisions.
But since she continued to decline so rapidly and came to be in serious pain with not real hope of coming back (we had agreed no heroic measures... and giving 6 units of blood a day, two units of platelets, frozen packed plasma plus antibiotics.. etc with no good results.. became to be considered "heroic measures" andwas futile.
I gave permission for comfort care on Monday morning. Kathy passed away yesterday (Wednesday) morning.
It is with great sorrow and grief that I tell you this.
I am very distrought, sick and numb. Although Kathy had been sick for a very long time. I loved her very much and so hoped for this to work.
Thanks for your support
Love to all
AzRusty
Randy
PRAYING FOR YOU BRO AND WE ALL HURT FOR YOU AND WITH YOU
HANG IN THERE
YOU ARE A MAN WE ALL HOPE TO BE LIKE IN THE MOST TRYING OF TIMES
HANG IN THERE
YOU ARE A MAN WE ALL HOPE TO BE LIKE IN THE MOST TRYING OF TIMES
Randy,
God Bless you and yours in this very trying time.
Prayers for Kathy and for all of you good people.
bear
God Bless you and yours in this very trying time.
Prayers for Kathy and for all of you good people.
bear
Az.........After going through a similar ordeal last summer, I can only say I am very sorry for your loss and God Bless you and your family.
going with my girlfriend to pray in 10 minutes and will pray for you and family Randy.
So sorry to hear about this.
Take care and try your best to get through this
Cheers !!!
Spock
So sorry to hear about this.
Take care and try your best to get through this
Cheers !!!
Spock
Having gone through a similar experience I fully feel your loss and wish you all the best for the future.
Randy,
Very sorry to hear this. Had gone through a similar event last yr with my dear mother. My deepest condolences and sympathies to you and yours during this difficult time. Take care of yourself.
God Bless
Very sorry to hear this. Had gone through a similar event last yr with my dear mother. My deepest condolences and sympathies to you and yours during this difficult time. Take care of yourself.
God Bless
