Wednesday, February 09, 2011

R.I.P.

The ol' Grump passes during the night........sometime after midnight when I finally lay down.
He'd had a busy day with visitors and was tired. He'd gotten up around 7:30pm to eat 2 bites of an egg and cheese biscuit the wife had cooked for him...took his pills and had his first nebulizer treatment.
When I put him to bed he wanted to keep his quilted jacket on over his PJ's and apparently at some point he got too warm, sat up on the edge of his hospital bed...took both the coat and PJ top off.......put the quilted jacked back on, buttoned it neatly and simply fell back with his feet off the bed.

Quicker than maybe we were expecting, but more gently than I expected also.

So the end or one more period of time. New beginnings for us all as we'll adjust to the absence and he to the presence of those gone on before.

So: R.I.P Carl Edward Murphy (12-18-1928 - 2-8-2011)

9 comments:

Paladin said...

My deepest sympathy to you and the family. I'm grateful for the apparent ease of the passing, though. Never easy, but that makes it more so.

LL said...

So sorry to you and your family. XOXO

Borepatch said...

I'm very sorry for your loss, Kdzu. Please offer my condolences especially to your wife.

Home on the Range said...

I am so very sorry for this loss. Please give your wife a big hug and tell her there are many people thinking of the family tonight.

Jean said...

I'm so sorry for your loss. Sincere condolences to you and your wife and family.

May he play with the angels.

Velociman said...

RIP, and my heartfelt condolences.

Yabu said...

I'm with Vman

kdzu said...

I've thanked those with e-mail personally. Those without one readily apparent or not on your blog.

Thank You, much appreciated.

Anonymous said...

... I am sorry for your loss, sir...... I closed my father's eyes way too early myself, and I know what you are going through.......

Eric