RE: Merry Hanakah and Happy Christmas!!!

[Guest guest]

Good to hear from you Donelle. think of you and Glenn almost all the time.

Well hope the visit with ex-wife and kids goes well. Who knows maybe they

will behave themselves. If they have not seen him recently, maybe seeing him

will be a shock of reality for them to behave. You go girl!!! Don't let

them get the best of you. I can't believe she has balls to want to see the

will. What a witch.. A really good revenge is if the insurance were sent to

her on a monthly basis so she couldn't spend it all at once. I hope to

that Glenn's passing will be a gentle one, imagine it will be as he sleeps

more and more. How wonderful he got to the company party, know that made his

day!!!.. Hope the visit of his friend will go well too.

My thoughts and prayers will be with you this weekend as they always are and

will all the others on this board. God Bless you all. Love, Big Hugs and

Prayers Jolene

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

I just want you to know that I'm thinking of you and praying. I

hope that Christmas was as good as possible for you and Glenn.

Mom, like Glenn, was afraid of what the end might bring.

Thankfully, it was peaceful. I don't believe to this day that

cancer killed her. I believe that her heart gave out. She had been

in the hospital for extremely low potassium in January; that was

life-threatening according to the ER doctor.

I have thought of Mom celebrating Christ's birthday with Him; what a

glorious feast!

May god continue to give you strength.

Sharon

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

> Just checking in to let everyone know that Glenn got all his

Christmas

> shopping done from his lazy boy!! LOL I shopped for his

children and my

> grandchildren for him. And my sister shopped for me for him!!

Think I'll try that

> approach next year!

> I hate shopping of any kind, except online!

>

> I can't even begin to remember when I actually posted, so if this

is

> repetitious, please forgive me. Glenn's Mom and brother came from

Ill. to visit and

> all went very well. His sister, , came from Texas. It was a

short

> visit, but went well also. Our friend from TX came for the week

and that was fun

> and she was very helpful to me and loving to Glenn. Tears, of

course, are

> shed as each one leaves.

> His best friend and his wife from IL are coming next week. His

children and

> estranged wife-y are coming Sun. All of a sudden wife-y wants to

visit....

> isn't that sweet?? No, it's not...she wants to see a copy of the

Will.

> Well, my darlings, she will not see it. The Will that Glenn has

is very

> simple...wife-y gets the house in VA and all its contents. The

condo we live in is

> mine and so are all its contents, including Glenn's things!! We

have a

> timeshare, which becomes mine. She gets most of the life ins.

and that's all she

> needs to know. She is disabled with severe kidney problems and

can only work

> part-time, but she can shop FULL-TIME!!! She has 4-5 toasters in

boxes at

> any given time!! Among other things she buys constantly. If she

uses her

> life ins. $ wisely, she will be fine, but she won't. I never

anticipated

> having to deal with these things, but should have b/c Glenn has

always said for

> her, it's all about the money.

>

> The children used emotional blackmail on Glenn telling him they

would not

> visit him if Mommy couldn't come. After my anger subsided

somewhat, I agreed

> for them to come, but they aren't ruining our whole Christmas

Day, so they

> won't arrive until about 4 p.m. They are bringing dinner!! I

will try to make

> it the nicest day possible for Glenn...and if wife-y starts

anything, I will

> show them the door!! God has given/is giving me the strength to

see this

> through, for Glenn's sake. He will also give me the strength to

let the

> " children " (ages 23 and 29) know that their use of emotional

blackmail on their

> dying father was really very mean and uncaring. I absolutely

could not take the

> chance of denying Glenn the opportunity to see his children!!

>

> I was able to get Glenn to his company Christmas party with help

from a

> couple co-workers. We only stayed for dinner, but Glenn did very

well....and it

> was very good for him to see his co-worker friends. They all

made him feel

> very special.

>

> Glenn is getting weaker....he fell again last night and I had to

call 911 to

> get them to get him up off the floor. He landed flat on his

butt, back and

> head, but seemed to be o.k. Will probably be achy again today.

He is a

> little more yellow, in color, from the liver failing. He is

sleeping most of the

> time, but still comes to the livingroom sometimes and sleeps in

his lazy

> boy. He will eat most of the time, but food is starting not to

taste right. He

> thinks he wants something that he normally loves and then it

doesn't taste

> good. He's also requesting things I've never known him to eat

before, like

> Strawberry Malts. He's having a little more break-through

pain. The liver

> can radiate pain to any organs in the body and it does!! But, so

far, this is

> managed with Oxicodone in addition to the pain patch. The

diarrhea has been

> somewhat manageable, except for several occasions when there is

just no

> control on Glenn's part. He is becoming somewhat disoriented at

times, can't

> think of words, and is scared to death of how the end will come.

I just keep

> telling him he will just go to sleep...and a peaceful journey is

what I'm

> praying for!! It's been way too slow for him with such pain and

debilitation

> continuing for over 1.5 yrs. Enough is enough!! We don't need a

climatic

> ending!!

>

> Six weeks ago, I never thought Glenn would live to see

Christmas...now I'm

> praying he does. Hoping you all have the merriest of Merry

Christmases and

> the happiest of Happy Hanakahs that you possibly can have...enjoy

every single

> minute and let NO ONE take away your joy!!! Peace in the

knowledge that

> loved ones gone on are spending Christmas with Jesus and they

want us to share

> their joy, even though we miss them terribly!!

>

> Which reminds me, we are starting a new tradition this year...we

are all

> missing Mom/Nana so badly... my suggestion... I've ordered and

will pick up 18

> helium filled balloons and we will let them all ascend to the

heavens in honor

> of my Mom and also my nephew, with little notes attached if each

person

> cares to do that!!

>

> Off to buy scotch tape, so I can finish wrapping!! (my son

with

> custody of 3 little ones...8, 5, 3) and I went shopping Thurs.

evening for his

> kids...I went yesterday for my sons and Glenn. Now just need to

wrap it all.

> Was just about to go get tape last night when Glenn decided to

fall down-go

> boom!! Thanks for all your prayers for both of us!!

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

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