Author Topic: A family friend is dying at 47 (Read 2555 times)

rockslide26 · March 17, 2011, 07:24:15 PM

As you are reading this, my mom's best friend is dying in the hospital at age 47 due to cancer. I am watching this friend's four year old daughter. I don't know how to explain the current situation to her. This is going to be the second person I know and love to die in six months, the first being my great aunt last summer, a brilliant microbiologist who helped make the reactor for the submarine USS Nautilus. The doctors know she will die, so there will be no sort of life lengthening machines. We're awaiting the inevitable death of a friend.

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Iban · March 17, 2011, 07:25:07 PM

Is your mother the girl's godmother or is there a father for her?

Jetlok · March 17, 2011, 07:25:47 PM

:c death is sad
d'aw. hope the girl can handle it.

Iban · March 17, 2011, 07:26:32 PM

Quote from: Jetlok on March 17, 2011, 07:25:47 PM

hope the girl can handle it.

I understand that this is a generic and pseudo-thoughtful "best wishes" comment, but uh, she's 4 and her mom's dying. I don't think she will.

Night Fox · March 17, 2011, 07:26:48 PM

Quote from: Jetlok on March 17, 2011, 07:25:47 PM

:c death is sad

Unless you got stabbed to death by a penguin.
Then it's awesome.

rockslide26 · March 17, 2011, 07:27:11 PM

Quote from: Iban on March 17, 2011, 07:25:07 PM

Is your mother the girl's godmother or is there a father for her?

Godmother, no father that I know of. They divorced early.

Stocking · March 17, 2011, 07:27:26 PM

Would you like a hug?

Iban · March 17, 2011, 07:27:48 PM

Quote from: Stocking on March 17, 2011, 07:27:26 PM

There is a time and a place for everything,

this ain't one of 'em.

Proog · March 17, 2011, 07:45:49 PM

I send my best regards, it must be hard losing family members so close together.
What type of cancer is it though, I'm interested despite the bad situation.

rockslide26 · March 17, 2011, 07:46:32 PM

Quote from: Proog on March 17, 2011, 07:45:49 PM

I send my best regards, it must be hard losing family members so close together.
What type of cancer is it though, I'm interested despite the bad situation.

Cancer pretty much throughout the whole body.

Frenchfrie · March 17, 2011, 08:28:09 PM

Dear, Make a wish foundation,

There is some 47 year old we hardly know. We would like his daughter to accept his death even more. Since you are involved with cancer we ask that you train a penguin to stab him on his death bed to death.

.::Taboo::. · March 17, 2011, 08:29:43 PM

i could have sworn this said something about an AK-47. now i'm disappointed with this thread.

IkeTheGeneric · March 17, 2011, 08:30:13 PM

Quote from: .::Taboo::. on March 17, 2011, 08:29:43 PM

i could have sworn this said something about an AK-47. now i'm disappointed with this thread.

Life is no mere object to the almighty taboo

steve5451 · March 17, 2011, 08:30:55 PM

I'm so sorry. :C

nienhaus1 · March 17, 2011, 08:34:33 PM

Quote from: rockslide26 on March 17, 2011, 07:24:15 PM

I am watching this friend's four year old daughter.

forget her, She'll feel better