Patrick had been diabetic since he was twelve years old. He would have been
fifty eight this coming May twentieth.
His right leg was amputated several months ago and he never really recovered
. There were recurring infections and
several transient ischemic accidents (mini strokes) ... then, on march
fifth, his heart just stopped and despite heroic
efforts of resuscitation by the medics they were unable to get a pulse and
respiration for over thirty minutes . He was
put on life support until tests were done that would acertain brain death.
The tests were done march seventh at ten
o'clock. The doctors called me to let me know he was legally brain dead. I
told them to take him off life support
and if you don't think that tore my heart in two.... try it sometime. They
called me back fifteen minutes later to tell
me he had been "pronounced" at ten fifteen. I had to find a Houston mortuary
to pick him up from the hospital
because I was told that if no one picked up his body within three hours it
would be sent to the morgue. They got
him immediately, embalmed him and flew him to Knoxville Tennessee the next
day (friday) and the local funeral
director drove to Knoxville and brought him home.On sunday morning, march
tenth,we had a graveside service.
Patrick is now resting beside his grandparents (my mother and daddy) on a
beautiful mountainside and he is
home in his beloved Kentucky. This is what happened to The Chief
Instigator.... no "aids" and no permission to
anyone to report his demise except Gov Bob. He was a good son, maybe too
smart for his own good (he had
an IQ of 167) and I'm sure he irritated some people with his particular
sense of humor, but there wasn't a mean
bone in his body. So... please let him rest in peace, and his old mother
too.
"Gwen Bennet" <
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