Posted by Ilene on April 27, 2004, at 20:45:34
In reply to I really need y'all again, posted by Tootercat on April 27, 2004, at 17:54:25
> I need all of the positive energy possible for my papa. He is back in the hospital because of this weird disease called Wegener's Granulomatosis. It is winning right now...he is fighting really hard. He's in Florida and I'm in California and it's so hard because part of me wants to be back there (although my sister says he is not very lucid) and another wants to remember him the way he was when he visited last summer. Chicken s**t?
Go. Now. My father died exactly one year ago. It was hard watching him waste away, but it was better than not being there. You will help your papa, and yourself, more than you know by being there.
A dear friend died of WG. Many (most?) people survive and do well in between relapses, but there are no guarantees.
> I could take off time from work now(I have vacation)but I'm hoping beyond hope that he will pull out again and I can go when he is at home again...
Well...
> Sometimes being 3000 miles away is a blessing and a curse. I have avoided so much "family duty" by being so far away and yet I have also missed so much "family joy". I am so confused by my feelings around this whole thing. I am filled with sadness, guilt, anger, and fear. This sucks.
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Yes, it sucks. Death and disease suck. I wish I had had more time with my dad while he was lucid, and I wish I could have figured out a way to overcome the chasm between us.
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Good luck,I.
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