Guys.. please pray for my cousin

[imgreat95]

I just got off the phone with my cousin. She told me that her brother is in critical condition in a hospital about 100 miles away from here.

Billy is a diabetic. No one had heard from him in about 3 days, so someone went to look for him at his apartment. They found him laying outside. His blood sugar level was way higher than was safe... and he had hypothermia. Right now, he is in critical condition, and they think that, at best, he will make it though the night. Even if he does make it, he will lose both kidneys.

Guys... Billy had just recently come back into our lives. We had not seen or heard from him in 5 years, since his mother had died. Even his sisters never saw him. He spent some time in a mental hospital, wwhere he was diagnosed with bi-polar. After getting out, my mom contacted him one night, and since then, he has been over for several holidays.

Recently, things had become weird with him though. He had stopped answering emails, and declined an invitation to come for Easter. His emails were seeming to be very bi-polarish. Things do not look good at this point.

Please pray for him. And for my mom too, as she is taking it very hard.

thanks guys.

[SodoMojo2110]

My thoughts go out to you...I'm not a praying man, but I most sincerely hope he turns out okay...Do you know why he was outside his apartment, and why didn't any of his neighbors see him?

[imgreat95]

well, that's the part I can't figure out. I mean, as for him being outside, if he wasn't eating right, and taking his shots, he could have very easily passed out. I don't know if he was found just outside of his apartment.. or if it was outside of the building. Either way, SOMEONE should have seen him. He was in insulin shock, so it leads me to belieev that he was proably only there for a few hours. Tough to say though. Either way, I don't know how no one saw him.

[PissedPrincess]

God Bless.

[Nanner]

:ohno:


You got it, buddy.

[Nymet31]

Shawn I'm so sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

[imgreat95]

Thank you so much for your prayers, guys. It means a lot.

Unfortunately, Billy passed away early this morning. It turns out, that he was not found outside. He was actually found in his kitchen. He had had an ulcer that i don't think he knew about. Anyhow, the other night, the ulcer ruptured. They found him last night in a pool of blood. His heart had slowed to the point that it was not pumping the blood fast enough to keep warm, hence the hypothermia. When they found him, he had been in diabetic shock for possibly as long as 30 hours. He didn't really have much of a chance.

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. The next few days could be tough as most of his family did not keep in contact with him, and my family has not been on the best terms with his sisters in about 6 years. Things could get worse before they get better.

[Misha77Piazza]

:ohno: Oh, no, I'm sorry about your cousin! :ohno:


My deepest sympathies go to you and his family!

[645]

We all are sorry.It's never easy to get over the lose of someone.

Best wishes to you and your family.

[Nanner]

Oh, geez.

I'm so sorry, Shawn.

I'll remember Billy and his family in my prayers.

[TXRangers]

Shawn, I am sorry for your loss. I have lost my kid brother recently and I know what it is like to just lose someone so suddenly. But you have to believe he is in a much better place. That is the only thing worth holding on to in this life, that our afterlife is going to be so great living with the Father. I hope he passed with family there at his side. Remember him often and good things will happen out of the blue, because he will be watching.

TXRangers:fro:

[Fullabull]

My condolances to you and your family.

[pmeares17]

Shawn, you and your family have been through a lot and you are always in my prayers. I hope you can keep being a good person and beleiving in God and things turn around.

[amazinmets]

I just saw this Shawn....my God, I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you and your family. You're all in my prayers.

[imgreat95]

thank you so very much guys. Y'all have no idea how much these prayers mean to me. It's been a tough several days. I am remembering more and more about why I did not like Bill's dad. He had said that there was not going to be a funeral or anything. Then basically, Bill's sister's stepped in and said there was going to be. They wouldn't let him go without it.

His dad took his good old time getting to the hospital from his home. Took him 13 hours to go about 300 miles. He didn't seem to even care.


My mom is probably taking this the hardest of anyone. She is partially blaming herself for it, and she couldn't possibly be more wrong. She thinks that because she provided him with the computer she gave him, that it';s her fault. Over the past few months, he had really become addicted to it. Going as far as playing Jezzball onenight for almost 10 hours. She thinks that if she had not given him the computer, he would have payed more attention to his health.

Fact is, he had an ulcer, his kidney's were failing, etc... she had NOTHING to do with it.

Anyhow, please continue to pray for her, if you could. It would mean the world to me.

[00_Agent]

Shawn, I'm so sorry for your family's loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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[Nymet31]

Shawn I'm so sorry about your cousin. { Even more so that I just read this thread now}.

Just be there for you mom she'll need a shoulder to lean on.

My thoughts are with you!!!

[imgreat95]

i can't continue to thank you guys enough for your prayers. It has been a week of ups and downs, that's for sure. Y'all do not have to read any further than this. I just think it helps me sometimes to get things written down (or typed in this case)


We have been finding out things that are disappointing, yet make it somewhat easier to deal with.

For instance, we are 95% convinced that this was something which Bill allowed to happen. Apparently, this had been going on for several days. When they found him, he was laying in his bed. There was a phone right next to him, but he never used it. The comforting part is to know that Bill merely let nature run it's course. He did not take a healhy life and end it, but rather he let what was inevitable anyhow, happen. He sent an email on Easter Sunday, which as we look more at it, he was almost certainly saying goodbye. He is no longer in any more pain, and he is in an infinitely better place. I'm happy for him.

My mom is still struggling greatly wih it at tiomes, but that has begun even to subside somewhat over the past couple of days as she comes to grips with things. She is about to hook his computer up and see if there is any kind of journal r anythig there, as Billy was an extremely organized person.


Again... thanks..

[moe22]

I'm so sorry, Shawn. You know my thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, and Bill.