[s-cars] NAC - update on my family - loss of our father

[LL - NY]

Chris,

My condolences.  I feel your pain. We lost my Dad 5 years ago a bit
unexpectedly (he had an extended illness and was recovering but I guess the
fight took it's toll).  I, like Kent think of him daily, mostly wishing he
could have shared his wisdom or joy with me personally, but he's always with
me in spirit, as I know your Dad will be.

His spirit lives on,

Larry


On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:48 PM, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
> wrote:

> These last three days have been an emotional rollercoaster for my family.
> There are alot of people who
> knew some of what happened and a lot who may be learning from this email.
>
> This email is my attempt to reach out to everyone I know in the fasted way
> possible.
> It's been a long three days and we are all very tired so please do not be
> offended that I am not
> talking with you via phone right now,
>
> Wednesday morning my father awoke with a headache, when my mother tried
> calling him from work and he
> didn't answer she went home at noonto check up on him. When she
> arrived home it was evident he had been
> up, the TV was on, etc. she found him in their bedroom on the floor between
> the bed and wall, unconscious and unresponsive.
>
> After the paramedics rushed him to BorgessHospital's ER, the doctor's sadly
> informed us that he
> had experienced what they refer to as a catastrophic brain bleed,
> which most likely is what caused his initial headache, and there was no hope
> he could be saved.
>
> Because he wanted to be an organ donor (if possible); and due to the nature
> of his injury seemed to be a
> good candidate; the decision was made to keep him on life support in order
> to honor his desire and give him a
> chance of being an organ donor.
>
> Thursday morning he was determined to be brain dead, and then a couple
> hours later we were advised
> that another test showed a small portion of his lower brain that controlled
> the breathing was still active
> and they rescinded the original declaration of being brain dead. Many hours
> passed and on Friday morning at ~ 9;30 am my father Michael Chambers was
> declared brain dead.
>
> Today we lost a grandfather, dad, husband & friend. There is a very small
> portion of people who befriend all
> that they meet, and help all that they can. Everyone that knew him, learned
> that if they needed help with
> some project, he was the man to call.
>
> He was loved and will be missed by all that met him.
>
> I am sure that if there is a heaven, he is there right now planning his
> next project and quickly becoming "the man" to call.
>
> Thank you for reading
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
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