A larger-than-life figure. An entrepreneur, a raconteur, a hell-raiser, an occasional scoundrel but with a huge heart
He died yesterday, of #COVID19
He was 58. He had no preexisting health problems.
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And I had to say them in my kitchen, alone. An amazing ICU doctor held a phone to his ear
Dad was on a ventilator. He wasn't conscious. He never would be again
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Although making me openly weep in front of a medical professional is exactly the sort of thing Dad would have liked. He loved embarrassing his kids. He was annoying like that
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But the situation is what it is. Brutally, sadistically unfair and cruel. And I've no choice but to accept it.
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I can't see them. I can't go near them. Lest I risk losing them too.
It is, to say the least, difficult right now. But, we'll get through it. Not got any choice in the matter, really
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My father died yesterday, and it will be considered *good* news. So that's helpful
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Despite everything, I'm still lucky, I know that
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The strength and fortitude of these people is unfathomable to me
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For too many, a problem isn't *really* a problem until it starts affecting people like me
Rest assured, this pandemic *IS* affecting people like me. And my Dad
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The risks and dangers of #COVID19 are 100% real. Lockdown may be 'inconvenient' or 'frustrating', but it's necessary. I just lost a parent to the disease. You could too.
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Like my Dad
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