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Thank you for your feedback. I’m pretty sure that Fred Hutch does have counseling however my husband would not even consider it 🫤 he doesn’t think any of this is a big deal, that he’s dealing with it just fine. Thursday he had blood draw then they gave him a Cortisol injection through an IV to check how his kidneys were functioning being on steroids as long as he has been plus the steroid eye drops that I need to administer.
Taking the meds off of a consistent schedule just makes it harder for me because I need to adjust the rest of the days meds accordingly to balance it out. I’m doing it, it’s just one more hard thing to do.
Going back to my story.
Yes, brother died, arranged the funeral. That was in April 2003. Thought things were going to be ok but as it turned out…..life had something else in store (for me as I see it now) preparing me for now as it seems…..
I got a call from my dad EARLY morning, the day before Father’s Day June 2003 & he told me that my mom had died in her sleep.
Hmmm, I guess I should fill in a couple more details about my brother’s death.
He was taking a back road (dirt road) that he frequently took from work at Costco to home. Bill (my husband) & I were trying to call him to meet up regarding the situation with his ex-wife but we couldn’t get a hold of him, then Costco called my parents, my parents called me because my brother didn’t show up for work….The search began…co-workers knew the route he would have taken & Costco let some of the managers drive the route…
Next thing I knew, we were asked to go to his house to meet up with search & rescue. We did…..they found my brother’s truck, where it had rolled off an embankment & came to rest upside down…..From his home we then saw helicopters circling…we were notified that they found him but it was a retrieval not a rescue. 😣
The funeral director worked closely with me helping me through the process…
Back to my mom…
When they came to take my mom to the funeral home, the director himself came to their home personally. My mom was in great health & just had a checkup so they didn’t feel it was necessary to do an autopsy. They labeled it as…died of natural causes due to a broken heart over the loss of their son two months prior…The director couldn’t believe it when he saw the name so came himself & helped me again make all the arrangements for another funeral…
Brother died of hyphysication (don’t know how to spell that) basically trapped & can’t breathe & my mom from a broken heart.
The story continues but I need to deal with meds & eye drops for my hubby..