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I went to the dr today for my office visit and the one I had to see me had been visiting Cliff in the hosp and she was surprised that I knew him and was his sister....after viewing my medical records! She told me that a Dr. Burns was going to see Cliff and talk to him and he did! He also told me when I was visiting Cliff after taking his Bible and reading glasses to him that Cliff doesn't have much longer to live....maybe days or weeks! They haven't moved him to the VA or home, as the VA haven't agreed to his being in the hospital there, as yet, and they said I wouldn't be able to take care of him like I should, for he needs 24 hr care! His medicines for his PAH (Pulmonary Arterieal Hypertension Disease) have not helped him as he can't tolerate them and his eyes show he is not getting better but worse!!
After the dr talked to me, I couldn't help being in tears and almost crying but didn't want to cry around Cliff, although I believe he has accepted the fact that he won't be with us very long! He wanted his Bible and reading glasses and can read since sitting up in a lounge chair which they help him in and out of and also his bed! He has to be careful because he blacks out and falls, as I've told you before about breaking his poor nose twice and bleeding profusely! He uses sthe portable potty and doesn't like a bedpan right now! He is attached to all kinds of tubes including a foley attached to a urine bag! I will miss him when his spirit and soul leaves his mortal body but I don't want him to suffer any longer, for his inablity to breathe is really hard on him and he suffocates when he lacks oxygen by coughing or choking! His food is pureed now to try to keep him from choking on it!
I called his ex-wife, Carrie, and she will let the rest of the family know! She and his granddaughters want to come up, but none of them have any money, so please pray that God will supply the funds for them to get up here and back so he can see them before anything happens! My sister, Carolyn, is going to try to come back up Sunday to visit him again! I will have his past hosp and medical bills to pay and will be paying for the funeral. He took out Ins but it has been only a few months since he started paying for it, and unless he dies of an accident, they won't pay until it has been good for two years. They will pay back what he has paid in though, not much, but it will help with expenses!
Only God knows why he is not being healed miraculously from this terrible and uncureable disease, but His will is done and He knows better than we do why things happen as they do! Cliff and I know Jesus, personally, soooo we will see each other again someday in our eternal life with Him! Amen! Thank you for your prayers!
God Bless! Betty
After the dr talked to me, I couldn't help being in tears and almost crying but didn't want to cry around Cliff, although I believe he has accepted the fact that he won't be with us very long! He wanted his Bible and reading glasses and can read since sitting up in a lounge chair which they help him in and out of and also his bed! He has to be careful because he blacks out and falls, as I've told you before about breaking his poor nose twice and bleeding profusely! He uses sthe portable potty and doesn't like a bedpan right now! He is attached to all kinds of tubes including a foley attached to a urine bag! I will miss him when his spirit and soul leaves his mortal body but I don't want him to suffer any longer, for his inablity to breathe is really hard on him and he suffocates when he lacks oxygen by coughing or choking! His food is pureed now to try to keep him from choking on it!
I called his ex-wife, Carrie, and she will let the rest of the family know! She and his granddaughters want to come up, but none of them have any money, so please pray that God will supply the funds for them to get up here and back so he can see them before anything happens! My sister, Carolyn, is going to try to come back up Sunday to visit him again! I will have his past hosp and medical bills to pay and will be paying for the funeral. He took out Ins but it has been only a few months since he started paying for it, and unless he dies of an accident, they won't pay until it has been good for two years. They will pay back what he has paid in though, not much, but it will help with expenses!
Only God knows why he is not being healed miraculously from this terrible and uncureable disease, but His will is done and He knows better than we do why things happen as they do! Cliff and I know Jesus, personally, soooo we will see each other again someday in our eternal life with Him! Amen! Thank you for your prayers!
God Bless! Betty
