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Sander Rossel wrote: I'm no believer
I'm an atheist, but raised Catholic. Burning candles doesn't do anything, but still, at these moments I do. Nothing else we can, but also cannot ignore the words of a believing grandma - a small light in darkness, is hope.
Sander Rossel wrote: You can pray for Han Bruinsma
Will do, in his name.
And science may make you and me non believers.. even if no one listening, it's at least an ode. And that, I can at least give.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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You're right, thanks 
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I'm sorry, Sander. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Software Zen: delete this;
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Sorry Sander... My condolences.
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I'm glad you got to say goodbye, be happy if he does not suffer suffer long.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Sorry to hear, condolences to you and your family.
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![Rose | [Rose]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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I am so sorry for you Sander.
Please stay strong.
We all feel for you.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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The enormity of someone leaving this life - I find it incomprehensible. A reminder of the helplessness of our existence.
I'm not sure if I was lucky or not - my older loved ones went comparatively suddenly. It was more in the form of a telephone call that they were gone - yet the day before it wasn't in anyone's mind. Only, in my experience, my father passed slowly ending with a couple of days in hospice.
We are all on that great march . . . first, into life and then, oblivion.*
* I surely hope there is more.
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«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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So sorry for you. 🌹🌹🌹
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Sucks when this happens. My prayers out to you and your family.
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As my grandpa was admitted to the hospital last week.
He got COVID from one of his friends (he wasn't one to stay inside), but ultimately he was committed because he was dehydrated and got some urinary tract infection, which also messes with his brain.
He was dehydrated because apparently he couldn't feel when he had to pee anymore and peed his pants, so not drinking === not peeing, which sounded about right in his head.
To make matters worse, he had a heart attack last Friday.
Got a call on Saturday that it might be his last day.
He's still alive though, so I'm going to say my goodbyes tonight in case he doesn't make it, which currently seems like the most likely option.
He's on oxygen, but he's also delirious and keeps pushing away the oxygen, so they're keeping him under the weather with sedatives.
He can't talk, but he probably registers company and knows his family is there.
The good news is that they haven't given up on him yet.
Also, this is my grandpa and he's survived four heart attacks already, bypass surgery and a cerebral infarction, so he's about the strongest person I know.
If he dies before next week I think he just didn't turn 88.
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Best wishes through a tough situation.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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Mircea
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 Good luck - hopefully flowers won't be necessary.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Hope everything works out. A stubborn guy like that deserves to pull through.
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Best wishes for your grandpa.
My age.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Just lit a candle for him; hoping for the best
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Sorry to hear that, keep up the hope ...
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It might sound really tough but please think about it.
If he still has a good % of getting good if he survives this, then fight with everything you and he have. But if not... be prepared to just say good bye and let him go.
And yes, I know what it is... we confronted such a decission when my mother got in a similar situation. She had already suffered enough the last couple of years and the perspective of being still bad and connected 100% to a machine delaying the inevitable... that was something she had already told several times she wouldn't like it, so when the time came, we respected her whishes and asked the doctors to only assist her to be in peace... she was gone in less than 30 hours.
The worst thing for me was I didn't manage to say good bye personally because my flight arrived 6 hours too late.
It was hard, but I still think we did the correct thing.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Well said Nelek
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nelek wrote: It was hard, but I still think we did the correct thing.
Absolutely.
Luckily, the entire family is sober enough to know death is all part of the game of life.
It's sad, but some lives pass and others go on.
Especially when passed life was almost 88 years old and oldest in the family.
Just really sad for grandma, hopefully she can find some peace in it too.
I think we're all more worried for grandma being left behind alone than grandpa passing 
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Nelek wrote: a machine delaying the inevitable
If it has to happen, make it quick. The hard death is a soft one, on a soft pillow, taking years. A swift one is better. (From a poem, yes)
Nelek wrote: The worst thing for me was I didn't manage to say good bye personally because my flight arrived 6 hours too late.
You said "I love you" before?
If my time comes, even dying alone; no regrets. I said what I needed, if time up, we accept.
..and "even this shall pass away". (Yes, another reference to a poem).
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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