[Magdalen] damned sarc

[Ginga Wilder]

Jon,
I am praying for you...simply lifting you to God for loving comfort.  You
are so dear and I hate what you're going through.

I love you, Brud.
Ginga

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> We're always here to listen.  Vent away.  I think you are showing great
> grace and forbearance as you walk this road.  May I do even half as well
> when it is my turn!
>
> Hugs and prayers,
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 8/24/2015 2:33 PM, Jon Egger 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
>> .
>>
>>
>