It is a new year, and it starts with sadness (for my family)
By Clint Perry
@cperry2 (5608)
Newport, Oregon
January 1, 2021 12:41pm CST
So much darkness in 2020, with the Pandemic, with all the election stuff, and on new years eve, we learned that my brother-in-law was found dead in his house. The last anyone had heard from him was on Monday. A friend of his went by to check on him and found his body.
Not really a surprise, he was suffering from throat cancer and Hep C. Even so, it still feels like a lightning bolt hit our house. I wasn't that close to him, but we had shared some good times over the past five decades.
Well, I hope everyone else had a great celebration to the end of 2020.
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@snowy22315 (182175)
• United States
1 Jan 21
Oh that is sad. I hope the rest of the year is better for your family.
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
1 Jan 21
I am so sorry. That was quite a blow.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
1 Jan 21
Thank you. The hep c had been with him for about eight or nine years, he had been treated for it prior to having surgery to remove the cancer from his throat. It was in remission the last we heard. He mentioned to his daughter sometime on Monday he was having difficulty breathing. That was the last anyone heard from him.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
9 Jan 21
I am quite hopeful for the future. It has been tough but nothing new in this household. It is always a struggle. Good luck to you.
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@cperry2 (5608)
• Newport, Oregon
3 Jan 21
@Fleura Oh, I can agree with this. He had been ill for a long time with hepatitis C and throat cancer. But better in his own bed than at a cold impersonal hospital room. I feel so badly for those people who are dying from Covid and are stuck in isolation. Just doesn't seem right. But I understand, we do not want to send family home with the illness that just killed their loved one.
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@macayada (1497)
• Cavite City, Philippines
2 Jan 21
We all have our time to rest and that is the end of our journey here on earth for those whose journey went unsmoothly their end means a relief and they may have felt the happiness and satisfaction in leaving behind their distressed body. For sure he is now in Peace.
