>   Late Sat night I got a call from my Dad's nurse that he had labored
  >breathing, and a low B/P (70/40), but was responding and knew who the 
people
  >were around him.  He had been sick in the past, and what the heck, my B/P 
ru
  >70/50 most of the time.  I tried to figure out how, on Father's Day (what
  >would have been the following morning) I could go visit.  After a couple 
f
  >hours I was able to juggle monies and use credit cards, and had the first
  >flight out in the morning.  Figured I'd go visit, and then come home that
  >night.  The plane landed at 11:35, I got in the car that was pre-rented, 
and
  >drove the hour to where he was.  When I got there, I asked where my Dad 
was,
  >and they said, his room is down there...but he's not in there.  I asked, 
did
  >he go to the hospital?  They said, oh you didn't know?  Know WHAT ? I 
asked.
  >They said, he died at 11:05 this morning. Needless to say, I wasn't on the
  >flight back home that night.
I'm sorry your father died; and I'm also sorry you were not there to say
good-bye to him.  I do believe, however, that he heard your good-bye,
even if it was said later.
                   Sondra
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