My Uncle had a Device Removed
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 8, 2019 1:52pm CST
Was talking to my uncle for the past hour. His nurse is off on the weekends. So his mind wanders places unknown usually. The main reason I like to call on the weekends. He needs to talk, I believe. Even if it doesn't make sense. I listen.
He told me he had a device inside him that ticked down to his day of dying. Of course this is not true. But I listened. Then he said his nurse came last week and checked his vitals. Everything was good. So he removed the device. He didn't need it any more.
So I interrupted and said, you don't need it because you are not dying. He said yes, you are absolutely correct. And then he said he needed to go and rest. I never know what the conversations will bring.
The card was for his birthday a few months ago. He turned 90 years old.
Have a good day everyone.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
8 Dec 19
You are so good to keep calling him. I'm sure he loves your calls.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
8 Dec 19
@CarolDM I think it's pathetic; but I went through that with my in-laws. We were the only ones that really checked up on them on a regular basis and went over there at least once a week (they were 45 minutes away).
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Dec 19
@LindaOHio 500 miles away! I am so done with the rest of "his" family. Not mine any more.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
8 Dec 19
Oh he is a real love your Uncle bless him.
A very Happy Birthday to him
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
8 Dec 19
@CarolDM Oh sorry I read wrong then Carol. Well he is a dear love xo
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
11 Dec 19
bless ya fer 'lways takin' the time to call 'n visit with him, hon. no doubt yer calls 're quite oft the highlight 'f his day, havin' someone to listen 'tis so 'mportant. hopefully since he's removed said 'device', he'll not be dwellin' his last days'n earth?
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Dec 19
At least your uncle is already 90 and probably had a good life behind him. My cousin is only 60 and he is already drifting away from us. There is just a little sense left in our conversation with him and he had already forgotten our names.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Dec 19
Maybe he has decided to take a different approach to living.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
8 Dec 19
You are so kind to keep in touch with him. I know it's a blessing to both of you.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
9 Dec 19
That's a good news. With such age of 90 he needs to be listened to as what you have been doing. Hope he will more years to come. God bless him.
@ExplorewtMe (6332)
• Nairobi, Kenya
8 Dec 19
I think Listing to them makes them Happy.
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