Well about a week ago Emilio posted about a situation with his son where he hit is head and then had some medical issues. Now today I got a message at work today to call home.....no big deal, she calls all the time. So I call home and the wife tells me she got a call earlier from my long time friend. His son Hunter had passed away overnight. They found him curled up in bed and cold when he was late for breakfast. How horrible that would be to find? A little background on Hunter. He was an identical twin and a premie when he was born. He was now 2 years 10 months old. He was the twin that had some issues with his lungs and breathing when he was first born. He had fought through all the medical problems and at 1 year old they gave him a perfect bill of health.....2 weeks ago he was in for his check up and he was good to go. Then this suddenly happens to him. How unfortunate for the little guy. He never even got a chance to really enjoy life yet. My friend and his wife are just devistated. Now there are a few things that have made this horrid situation even worse. It was 1 year ago yesterday that my friend lost his dad. My buddy went into his work to check his insurance policy, and he had not added either of the boys to it. He is going to have alot of problems covering the costs of the funeral and such. They had just this last weekend went out nd purchased all the kids presents for Christmas. Now they have to deal with the presents for the little guy being there as a reminder. Just another thing that is going to keep the hurt there. The holidays will never be the same again for the entire family. The family was going to Disney in Florida in mid January, for the boys to enjoy themselves.
This situation may be an eye opener as Emilio's situation was to some. Make sure you hold on to every moment you can with those you love, cherish, or whatever. You may never be able to enjoy them being around again. Make sure you have documents up to date just in case the worst happens.
My friend is one of the strongest people I know.....as far as dealing with things that happen. He never gets rattled. Well today when I called him to offer my condolensces and thoughts.....I heard a broken man on the other end. He stated that this is by far harder than anything he has ever been through and hoped that I would never have to experience what it is like.
I could not offer much advice as I can not imagine what he is going through. Sorry for the long post with bad info in it, but I felt at this time of year, alot of us, including myself really need to look at what really matters in life and not expect that "The Worst" wont happen to you. You cant take away the hurt froma situation like this, but it could have been made a little easier if he had filled out a couple documents and such.
Thanks for reading.
Gib
This situation may be an eye opener as Emilio's situation was to some. Make sure you hold on to every moment you can with those you love, cherish, or whatever. You may never be able to enjoy them being around again. Make sure you have documents up to date just in case the worst happens.
My friend is one of the strongest people I know.....as far as dealing with things that happen. He never gets rattled. Well today when I called him to offer my condolensces and thoughts.....I heard a broken man on the other end. He stated that this is by far harder than anything he has ever been through and hoped that I would never have to experience what it is like.
I could not offer much advice as I can not imagine what he is going through. Sorry for the long post with bad info in it, but I felt at this time of year, alot of us, including myself really need to look at what really matters in life and not expect that "The Worst" wont happen to you. You cant take away the hurt froma situation like this, but it could have been made a little easier if he had filled out a couple documents and such.
Thanks for reading.
Gib
