It's been a long seven months, but Dad passed away at 3:45 pm today.
Lots of things haven't processed through my mind yet. The mechanics of death are whirring away, the hospice nurse pronounced at 4:15 pm. The funeral home has removed the body. Hospice disposed of the medication, the medical equipment company will clear out the stuff tomorrow. Cremation will occur in a couple of days after the coroner has signed off on all the paperwork. We'll have a memorial service in Mid-May when we are ready to celebrate his life.
We don't want lots of flowers in the house, plant some native wildflowers in your yard. If you want to make a donation please consider:
UUMAC: The Unitarian Summer Camp that dad was president of when his tumor was first diagnosed 5 years ago. This camp has been an extended church family for both my parents. http://www.uumac.org/wordpress/scholarship-donations/
Musella Foundation: VirtualTrials.com is an important advocate for brain cancer research and helped support the research that gave Dad a great quality of life for most of the past 5 years. http://www.virtualtrials.com/
