I think I have mentioned before the concept that good and hard experiences travel together in this mortal life. This past week has been an example of that. While we were enjoying our day at the temple and the Hale Theatre on October 22, our brother-in-law Allan was not doing well. His decline has been significant in the past several months and the days prior to October 22, he had not eaten and has drank very little. Since he has diabetes, this is very problematic to manage his blood sugars. The hospice nurse was concerned that he would pass away any time. We headed up there on October 22 and have made other trips there as well, including yesterday (October 30) where he was asleep. He has managed to eat a bit more in the past week and so keeps hanging in there. He was able to have a short Facetime visit with his two children who live out of state on that Friday and was able to share some brief conversations with us. It doesn't seem possible that he can continue to hang on, but he is. Despite how difficult his diabetes has been to manage almost his entire life, he has a strong heart and it is helping him now. He can barely move his body due to his dementia type and sleeps most of the time. He could still sing along softly to one of his favorite songs "Stairway to Heaven".
Life is full of comings and goings, but some seem to be harder than others. All he wants is to be back with his wife, Valerie, and to go fishing again with Wayne (Gary's dad.) It will be soon. Gary reminded him that everyone is getting ready to greet him there.
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