Today has been a sad day for me. I visited a friend of mine who I have known for 40 + years. I kind of lost touch with him only seeing him occasionally in church. About a year ago I started a driving job and came back in touch with him. He was going to dialysis treatments 3 times a week.
He was living in a nursing home along with his wife who was suffering from alzimiers. He and his wife were in separate rooms. Recently he was diagnosed with cancer. I drove him to dialysis last week and we had a good conversation. Yesterday I heard he had decided to take himself off of dialysis. I have seen this happen four times in the last year and no one has lived longer that 1 week.
I went to visit him today and it was impossible to communicate with him. He was trying to but his words were unintelligible. He was sitting in his wheelchair, not facing his TV. His wife was in his room in the other bed in a comatose state. He was able to indicate to me that he was not in pain. I asked him if he wanted to say a prayer and he took both of my hands with a great deal of strength.
I will be suprised if he is alive longer than 3 more days, but who knows what the Lord's plan is. God bless you and keep you brother.
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