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Never wait till tomorrow to tell...

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... your family that you love them.

Last Sunday morning my friend Max's heart just stopped beating in the middle of the night. His girl friend just happened to wake up and dragged him off the bed and started doing chest compressions on the floor. He was rushed to the hospital where his heart restarted. A EEG showed that he had brain brain damage. They put him into deep sedation but after a week of test, prayers and waiting there was no improvement.

His 3 older sisters knew his wishes and at 6:30pm Friday had the respirator and all hoses removed with the exception of pain meds. For some reason at 7:30pm Friday I was just sitting around and watching TV and decided to go back to the hospital when I walked into the room and saw what was going on. He looked a lot better without the hoses and machine, he was peaceful. 5 hours later he finally stopped breathing and passed away.

He was looking to sell his business and finally retire.

He was only 58 and he was my friend since we were 8 and the bet man at my wedding.
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Sorry to hear about Max. He still had alot of living to do. Glad you had a chance to be with him before passed.

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Sorry to hear of your loss, too young...
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I'm sorry to read of your loss. My father in law passed during the time it took to process his retirement paperwork. He only had 2 weeks left to go.
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So sorry for ur loss. Not many people I know keep friends that long, life usually separates us. My condolences
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Glenn, sorry to hear about your loss!
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So sorry Glenn. Sad sad news.
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Sorry for your loss. It can't be easy losing some one you know for 50 years.
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Sorry to hear, that's rough.

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