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He is my best friend. He was my everything for the last almost 16 years. I don't know how I'm going to do this without him. Everything I am is because of him. He was my entire life.
I never expected things to happen this quickly. James was admitted to the hospital last Saturday. He had pneumonia in his right lung & his left lung was collapsed because of the cancer. It was also found that his cancer was progressing at an astonishing rate.
There was talk early last week of bringing him home with hospice care. Then on Tuesday morning, his condition worsened & hospice was initiated at the hospital.
James passed away the next day.
During his last few days, his thoughts and words were not the clearest. He had a difficult time remembering things.
I went home Monday night & woke up unable to go back to sleep early Tuesday morning. I thought about calling James but I assumed he was sleeping because it was after 3am. Because of his confusion, I also wasn't even sure he could answer his phone & know who I was. I was almost about to try to go back to sleep when James called me. We talked for a little bit before his nurses came in & we said our goodbyes. James forgot to hang up his phone & I listened for a little while. He spoke to the nurses in the clearest voice I had heard in a while.
The next morning, the doctor called & said James's condition worsened. We spent all day & night at the hospital. On Tuesday night, James was able to talk to us in a clear voice & we could say our goodbyes. He knew his time was coming. He slept throughout the early morning and peacefully slipped away at 8:42am.
James was one of a kind. He never met a stranger. He always helped me with whatever I wanted to do. We were a great team. Where I was lacking, he picked up the slack & I did the same for him.
I can't believe he's gone.
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