heart disease

in a sort time now my brother will have passed from this life. we both have pacemakers. we both had rheumatic fever as small children. me being a girl i may have been stronger. we both had heart murmurs but his was a bit more than that. he was born with birth defects and it was during the second world war. he is 72 me i am 74. he had a second pacemaker during christmas but had difficulty and he is in end stage heart disease. he can only whisper and is only eating a bit. i will miss him. even tho we did not see each other a lot we were very close growing up. i am having more trouble with this than i thought. he had open heart at 15. all his organs are on the opposite side. he wasnt supposed to live long but did and finished university became a high school teacher and married and had two children. life went on and he divorced and remarried and became the father of a stepdaughter. he did very well and raised a son and two daughters and educated all of them. i will miss him. things happen in life we have no control over. i will see him in the faces of his two children and their children. bye for now brian love, jessie

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God bless

by Hot Heart - 2016-05-11 06:05:21

He will always live on through your love for him x

thinking of you across the miles

by hopefulheart - 2016-05-12 01:05:53

Jesse, I am so sorry about your brother, You both have dealt with a lot. Keep your precious memories of your brother close in your heart and share with his children on to their children that he may live forever in your hearts. May you find comfort in God's love.
hopefulheart

thanks patch hot heart and hopefulheart

by jessie - 2016-05-15 01:05:08

brian passed from this life early this morning. he leaves his second wife and two children form his first marriage and a stepdaughter from his second. he accomplished much more than anyone would have ever believed as he was born very fragile and sick. i will miss him so very much as we were two years apart in age so grew up in the same times. thanks so much for the support.he died at home with his wife and children with him. extended family sent e-mails as he was unable to talk only in a whisper he was so weak. he kept his sense of humour till the end. jessie

love

by jessie - 2016-05-15 01:05:49

i am so happy that we got to say i love you to each other before he passed. it meant so much to me. i now have 2 brothers left two deceased. however i have my brother's wife and my eldest brother's wife and their children. jessie

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