Your dad is with you now. Your father passed away May 5, 2024 after many months of dealing with cirrhosis of the liver and cancer in his liver and they were rather large tumors December 20, 2023. dad's primary physician said Admit yourself to the hospital and have them call me. Of course your father was in a hurry to get out of the hospital because Christmas Eve was only three days away.They did do a scan and they found out that he did have cirrhosis and acites in his belly, If the hospital told your father, he didn't tell me. He was back in the hospital again in late February from a fall he had in the bedroom. While he was there, I mentioned about how full his belly was so they did an x-ray and they took some fluid out for the first time. There was 5 L of fluid for a few days after that and then he came home. He followed up with the oncologist, who didn't seem to be able to find, where the cancer was because his blood test showed his calcium level was 13+, which men Tom had cancer somewhere, that oncologist was unable to find where the cancer was. The second trip provided the information about the cancer and where it was, of course the cancer was in the liver. Your father had a couple immunotherapy sessions, which were senseless to start, especially if they knew it was terminal, which they did. Your father's liver was failing quickly. Things were starting to shut down. He was jaundice completely yellow actually almost orange. It was at that point when he started leaking fluid from his legs that I called the ambulance again that was on February 28. At that point, they did a scan and found out that the bile ducks were not clogged,it was the tumors that were so large they were're blocking the bile ducks. They told them there was nowhere to go from there. Tom decided to stop the immunotherapy. Tom wanted to go to a hospice house. He said I shouldn't have to take care of him like this. I was not allowing Tom to die in hospice away from me nor was I going to leave him die in the hospital alone. I demanded that the hospital release him then and I wanted him home by this evening. They brought him home 7 PM on April 29, 2024. I called Rick and told him he needed to come quickly. I wasn't sure how long dad would last in his condition, Rick was here a couple hours later. Rick was not ready for what he saw. He couldn't believe how in one week dad had gone downhill. Your father died five days later with me, Rick and Emma with him.
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| Mom | You father died May 5, 2024 | July 14, 2024 |
Your dad is with you now. Your father passed away May 5, 2024 after many months of dealing with cirrhosis of the liver and cancer in his liver and they were rather large tumors December 20, 2023. dad's primary physician said Admit yourself to the hospital and have them call me. Of course your father was in a hurry to get out of the hospital because Christmas Eve was only three days away.They did do a scan and they found out that he did have cirrhosis and acites in his belly, If the hospital told your father, he didn't tell me. He was back in the hospital again in late February from a fall he had in the bedroom. While he was there, I mentioned about how full his belly was so they did an x-ray and they took some fluid out for the first time. There was 5 L of fluid for a few days after that and then he came home. He followed up with the oncologist, who didn't seem to be able to find, where the cancer was because his blood test showed his calcium level was 13+, which men Tom had cancer somewhere, that oncologist was unable to find where the cancer was. The second trip provided the information about the cancer and where it was, of course the cancer was in the liver. Your father had a couple immunotherapy sessions, which were senseless to start, especially if they knew it was terminal, which they did. Your father's liver was failing quickly. Things were starting to shut down. He was jaundice completely yellow actually almost orange. It was at that point when he started leaking fluid from his legs that I called the ambulance again that was on February 28. At that point, they did a scan and found out that the bile ducks were not clogged,it was the tumors that were so large they were're blocking the bile ducks. They told them there was nowhere to go from there. Tom decided to stop the immunotherapy. Tom wanted to go to a hospice house. He said I shouldn't have to take care of him like this. I was not allowing Tom to die in hospice away from me nor was I going to leave him die in the hospital alone. I demanded that the hospital release him then and I wanted him home by this evening. They brought him home 7 PM on April 29, 2024. I called Rick and told him he needed to come quickly. I wasn't sure how long dad would last in his condition, Rick was here a couple hours later. Rick was not ready for what he saw. He couldn't believe how in one week dad had gone downhill. Your father died five days later with me, Rick and Emma with him.| Mom | Dad will be there soon | April 29, 2024 |
Well you were correct. You said that your father had a major medical problem that he does not yet know about. Hospice will be coming to the house to take care of dad. He will be with you soon, please hold him tight he will need it.Love you,
Mom
| Mom | Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2023 | December 31, 2023 |
Well hear we are it is NEW YEARS eve once again. I sorry i didn't get a chance Christmas, but it wasn't that I was not thinking of you always. 12 days before Christmas I wrote to you evey day and put them in your Christmas stocking as I did for the last 10 years. I Love you my sweethear. Love Mom.
| Kathleen Kiefer | Happy Heavenly 37th Birthday | August 6, 2023 |
Happy 37th Birthday, TJ. It's been 13 years since you left us and for me, it has been a rough 13 years. Not a day goes by that you don't somehow creep into my thoughts. I wonder what you would look like 13 years later. If you were here would you be married and have children like a lot of your friends? You are with God and his Angels and I have to believe that there is a plan in all this madness. Some day it will all be explained to us, maybe. Drake is now with you take care of him he's a wonderful Dog companion.I love you always, in all ways, Mom
| Mom | June 30th my 70th Birthday | June 30, 2023 |
Hi, sweetheart how I miss you at these special times, the ones that should be family times.
Like today, I turned 70 I'm sure that no one really cared. Both sons notified me via text and one an actual phone call. I wish our family was as close as some of my cousins. I'm not sure that my sons even knew how to be men if you will. My father died when they were very young, and TJ was very close to him. In any case, I love all my sons, whether the feeling is mutual, I guess I will never truly know.
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