12-22-2009, 04:44 PM
Greg was in good health. He had a big dinner last Sunday (an early Christmas gettogether feast). Late that night he came down with flu-like symptoms. Equally not to get morbid, but he made several trips to the bathroom, and he got very weak. On one occasion he fell, mentioned afterwards that his left arm was hurting. His wife (who was sleeping in a different room) kept checking on him in bed. His TV was on, and he seemed to be dozing. She suspects he might have been gone for several hours before she realized something was majorly wrong.
The coroner's report: A massive heart attack.
Not certain whether the flu -- or just eating too many desserts -- upset his system and stressed his heart, or whether the heart was having a problem and caused the flu-like symptoms. But this was totally unexpected.
Air fares and flights are a nightmare right now, and there's an ice storm headed for the Fort Wayne area. My mom and sister want me to wait and come back in mid-January (Mom says she'll need me more after things quiet down). I did check into fares yesterday, found one on Christmas Day for $666 (no, I'm not making that up). But I didn't jump on it and now things have skyrocketed and not much is available. The funeral is the day after Christmas, and it looks like I'll miss it.
So I'll go back Jan. 14 through 28. It's going to be so different.
BTW, Greg had just filled out paperwork and would start collecting social security on Jan. 1. The men in our family have had rotten luck with retirement.
The coroner's report: A massive heart attack.
Not certain whether the flu -- or just eating too many desserts -- upset his system and stressed his heart, or whether the heart was having a problem and caused the flu-like symptoms. But this was totally unexpected.
Air fares and flights are a nightmare right now, and there's an ice storm headed for the Fort Wayne area. My mom and sister want me to wait and come back in mid-January (Mom says she'll need me more after things quiet down). I did check into fares yesterday, found one on Christmas Day for $666 (no, I'm not making that up). But I didn't jump on it and now things have skyrocketed and not much is available. The funeral is the day after Christmas, and it looks like I'll miss it.
So I'll go back Jan. 14 through 28. It's going to be so different.
BTW, Greg had just filled out paperwork and would start collecting social security on Jan. 1. The men in our family have had rotten luck with retirement.
I'm nobody's pony.