[Magdalen] damned sarc

[Georgia DuBose]

P.S. This hugely sucks.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
> Life isn't fair, life isn't easy, and people die.....hard wisdom that
> we wish those we love could avoid.
>
> As best we can, "electronically," we are walking the path with you,
> and wishing that we did not have to do so...for your sake, and for the
> sake of grandchildren who need to know you.
>
> Do what a friend of mine did, if you think it would help, and leave a
> recording for your grandchildren, telling them how much you love them,
> and that you will always be loving them and praying for them in the
> Body of Christ. Show them things that have meant a lot to you, include
> pictures of your children (their parents) and what they were like when
> they were little ones. I don't know if you are feeling up to this
> right now, but it is a very meaningful process if you can do it. One
> of your kids, or Dawn, can interview you--it is easier to have
> questions to answer.
>
> You are in my prayers. I have also asked our very prayerful and
> wonderful deacon, Steve Avery, to pray for you.
>
> Love,
>
> Georgia+
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My friends,
>> This thing called "Sarcoidosis:  The Thing That Kills You Slowly," has
>> taken more from me in the past two weeks.  Pain meds that have worked
>> wonders for me are now doing nothing for this pain. My vision is getting
>> worse, my spelling is worse, and my shortness of breath is worse. I have
>> trouble holding things and dropping said things, and the only thing I can
>> do is vent about it.
>>
>> My nurse, who is very good, was sad last Friday when I told her that my
>> prayer, every night, is that God take me while I sleep.  When I saw Annie
>> and Ben last week (Pizza and Documentaries) I told them I want to live to
>> see a grandson! They want a boy and have already have a name for him:
>> Joseph Zephaniah Afton,  Joe after my dad and Zephaniah because it's
>> Annie's favorite Book of the Bible.
>>
>> Thank you for letting me vent. Naively, and with 30 years of nursing under
>> my belt, I hadn't realized how how difficult it is to die. I'm reminded of
>> our first lecture in Nursing 101, delivered by Mrs. Audrey Fay: "Whether
>> you graduate and get a nursing license, or wash out for whatever reason,
>> you will learn three things: Life isn't fair, life isn't easy, and people
>> die."
>> Grace and peace,
>> jon