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The doctor told him that the reason he got the fluid building up around his lung and heart was that his heart just was not able to pump hard enough to get rid of it. Â
The first thing he did when he got in the car was light a cigarette. I think he is  actually  intent on killing himself.  It frustrates me beyond words. Â
On a slightly brighter note, Â the social worker at the hospital told him about a shelter for people from out of town taking chemo/radiation at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Â The shelter is completely free, the people provide three meals a day, do his laundry, and provide transportation to the hospital for his treatment. Â We went by, looked at it, and talked to the administrator.
It is very nice; she told him she would have a room available next week, so that is a relief for me. Â He will be in a group setting with everything he needs.
On another subject, Â since my friend Lanny's death, I have been e-mailing with his daughter, who lives in Michigan. Â She is having a really difficult time accepting her dad's death. Â He was truly her hero; in fact, her son is named for him.
I'm always surprised when people such as she tell me how much I influenced their lives when I was a teacher. Â Even though she is the daughter of one of my oldest friends, she was also one of my former students, having been in my English class as a sophomore and my journalism class her junior and senior years.
She went on to major in journalism in college, becoming a television sportscaster, working for television stations around the United States and for ESPN.
While working in Miami, she met the general manager of the Florida Marlins and married him. Â The year after the Marlins won the World Series, he was offered the GM/Presidency of the Detroit Tigers.
They have been in Michigan every since. Â Since I was unable to attend the funeral, she sent me the video that she put together that was shown at her dad's funeral.
The most inspiring part of it all is her twelve-year-old daughter singing "Amazing Grace." Â She DOES NOT sound twelve-years-old. Â
If you would like to view it, I will post the link. Â I thought it was wonderful. Â It is only about ten or fifteen minutes in length. Â One note. Be sure to read everything below before trying to upload it to your computer.
Here's the link:
https://kak.com/WhataLife.avi
It is in AVI format, so if you do NOT already have the codec to decode a video in AVI, you may need to download it first. Â Here is the code for that.
https://kak.com/xvid.exe
The AVI format is a very high quality format and represents the video full screen on the computer. Â Once you download the code for AVI, you will need to close your browser; then re-open it and go to the link for the video itself. Â
This sounds a little complicated, but it really isn't, and you are in no danger of picking up viruses. Â I had to do this on my computer before I could view it.
