My Uncle Gail

I know in earlier posts I stated I would post a blog regarding my Uncle Gail's health. Well, sad to say this blog has come a little too late. He passed away about 30 minutes ago. I'm sure you're asking, "what in the world are you doing on here?" At the moment in time there's nothing I can do. My parents are with him at the hospital waiting for the funeral home. He's in Joplin and I'm in Neosho and the funeral home is in Neosho as well. My luck by the time I got there it'd be too late. Best thing I can do is stay home and wait and pray. So I guess I will go ahead and update on the my uncle's condition. I guess it all really started last Nov. when he came for Thanksgiving he had lost a lot of weight, wasn't eating hardly, and said he was dizzy. His chiropractor related the dizziness to his bp meds I think.Gail is not one for Dr.'s and doesn't go. So during this time between Nov. and May nothing had really been done. He was still healthy in everything else including his mind and spirit. Granted was 83, so his age did play a part. The tornado came and gone and one day his insurance agent was out at the house and Gail received a phone call. He needed to go immediately to the hospital as his kidney function was 40%. The very nice insurance agent drove Gail from Newtonia to Joplin (45 min. drive) where my parents met them. He was admitted with high bp, UTI, and kidney failure. He spent a few weeks there and was in good spirits but knew his time was probably coming to end. He had to go on dialysis so he had a tube thing inserted to make it easier I guess. We moved him to a nursing home about 3-4 weeks ago. Yesterday morning my parents received a phone call stating they had taken him to the hospital. His kidneys were functioning at 4%, he had some rash (still unsure what is was) and another UTI. He has had a catheter this whole time mind you. My parents stayed most of the time and went home around 9:30. I got a phone call at 11:45 that the hospital had called and said my parents needed to get there. Not too long after my parents had left that night, Gail had started slipping away and was on meds to keep him calm and that it wouldn't be much longer. My mom called this morning saying it wouldn't be much longer. Only 2 people could go in so I didn't go first thing. Tony and I were going to leave and go this afternoon when my mom called and said he had passed. He went peacefully so that was a good thing! So now you have the rest of the story-sorry it was just a little too late. Please keep is in your prayers over these next few days!