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Outwardly, grandma appears to be coping with it well, but I'm not sure how she'll handle the funeral. Ted was 2 years younger than she is. Of course, she was a nurse for many years so she understands what a stroke can do to a person.
I'm still not sure how well she'll handle it. She went to see him at the hospice and left he died just after she and my mom left that night.
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(((((((((Derrell and Family)))))))))))) I'm so sorry, that's really rough. Best wishes to you and your family... I hope you get through this alright! *more hugs* Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. I'm so sorry. Posts: 7877 | Registered: Feb 2003
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I'm sorry to hear about your great uncle. I hope you and your family will be comforted. *big hug for Derrell and his family*
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I expect so; strokes can be pretty devastating. That doesn't make it any easier to bear though; when someone you love dies, it doesn't make it better to think of ways in which it could have been worse. You love them, and they're gone. That's never easy. I know that there's nothing I could say that would be of much help, but you and your family have my sympathy, and I'm thinking of you.
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I'd like to thank everybody for the hugs and condolences.
I'd also like to thank Goody for the kiss. I believe it's the first time a Jatraquera's ever kissed me.
The funeral's going to be rough for me. I've always gotten squicked by the viewing they generally have before the funeral. I always try to sit behind somebody tall so I don't have to look in the casket. I don't know if it's a phobia or what, but I always get that way.
I'm really glad I've got Hatrack to turn to in times like this.
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The funeral was this morning and I'm more bummed out than I was when I got up this morning. A lot of it has to do with the graveside service. It was a military funeral complete with bugler blowing taps and a rifle salute. Taps played on a bugle is the saddest thing I've ever heard.
I could use some hugs.
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Each dynamic is so different between two people that it's very difficult to know exactly how to comfort a person when a loved one dies. I'm sorry you lost someone close to you, Derrell. If you need someone to talk to, feel free to use my e-mail address and drop me a note.
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