The decline of my beloved John was sudden. His illness had been a long and lingering ordeal for him. His end was peaceful and in the arms of his loved ones.
John entered Loyola Hospital on Nov.15th. Okay, entered isn't the right term, he was taken there by ambulance from our home. He was suffering acute respiratory failure. The next few hours were not pretty ones, and due to the build of of co2 in his system, we needed to have him vented. Again, not pretty. By Thursday the