My wonderful Father passed away peacefully on Friday April 22nd at 4.02pm. After spending almost 4 weeks in hospital we barely had a week at home and had to go back in as Dad wasn't sleeping, was getting increasingly confused from medication and his pain was difficult to control. 8 days in hospital and we transferred to hospice. I can't even begin to explain how incredible they were at caring for Dad. He was extremely weak and had stopped eating and drinking, was pretty much asleep most of the timeq, 4 days later he took his last breath, the hospice staff couldn't believe he held on so long. I've often heard the phrase "they are at peace now" but never truly understood it until I witnessed by courageous Dad passing away. I instantly knew he was OK. My little sister passed away as a child of 5yrs old and we just knew he was with her as he left us.
My brother, sister and I literally never left his side for the last 2 weeks of his life, always holding his hand, laughing with him and reasuring him we would be OK.
He didn't want to go, he didn't want to give up but the disease burden was too great, his bone marrow had failed, we didn't get to try the last treatment which would have been jevtana. He was taken too soon and its not fair, but nothing about cancer is ever fair.
I wish you all nothing but love and strength and thank you all so much for every piece of advice, kind words and understanding you have given me in this last 20months. You are all incredibly brave.
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So incredibly sad that your dad has passed. I am so sorry. What a blessing for him to have such a wonderful family to be with him to the end. Sending hugs to all of you