My Papa is gone now...

[mockingbirdq]

Dad died earlier this afternoon. None of us realized what was happening until it was too late - his lungs filled with fluid. In typical hospital fashion, no one comes out and tells us Dad is dying until 20 minutes before the fact, so my sister and I both went to work and had to try to rush there through traffic. We were both a few minutes too late to tell him goodbye. Mom was there alone.

He went really easily and peacefully. I think he realized things were never going to get better and chose to go. My sister was supposed to find a nursing home for him that day, and he and Mom would have hated that.

It still doesn't seem real. How can he be gone?

How do I explain to Fox? God, I'm crying again.

Comments

[kracken.livejournal.com]

*Hugs* I'm so sorry.

[regisjr.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry. You are in my thoughts.

[fyrdrakken]

I'm very sorry to hear that, and that the hospital didn't call you quite in time.

[big-ringer.livejournal.com]

words cannot imply, infer, or just say flat-out how sorry I am. I know it's not much, but if you need anything at all, and I mean *anything,* let me know.

[scribblemoose]

My sympathies - I'm thinking of you.