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Today has been a day from hell....but, on a good note, this isnt a "venting" thread...more of a I just gotta let all this out thread.
Okay, here goes...
Two days ago, one of our oldest salespeople lost the love of his life. Jeff is in his mid to late 60s and his wife Cindy was the center of his world. She has been a diabetic all her life, and was unable to have children. She did home daycare until the diabetes took over and she couldnt do it anymore. Children of all ages loved her and referred to her as "aunt Cindy". Anyway, to make a very long story kinda short...she has been in the hospital for several months now, infection in the shunt site...complications with the diabetes....going through diaylsis 3 days a week....facing the fact that she may lose a leg completely. But everyday, Jeff would be at work around 730 with a smile on his face. He would go to the hospital every morning before work, during his lunch hour, and after work every day. He never bitched or complained about the inconvenience of it all, just looked forward to the day that he could bring Miss Cindy home again. He said over the weekend that she was doing much much better and even though she wouldnt be home for Thanksgiving....he would have her home on Friday. Unfortunately, she took a terrible turn for the worse and caught pneumonia, and her blood pressure dropped extremely low....and during dialysis, it dropped again and never came back to where it belonged. Again, to try and make this short...Miss Cindy passed Monday morning at 715. Jeffy was with her holding her hand as she went. Im sitting here in tears now but I had to get this out..sorry guys...
He was holding her hand telling her to go, it was for the best. We got the call at work around 8 with the news and everyone on the sales floor was devastated. He was our "grandpa Jethro"...the man that could face anything, but now he was a complete basketcase without Cindy. We took up a collection at work for him since he could not get any life insurance on her due to her medical condition, and did not have the cash for the funerel and all. Within a matter of hours, we managed to collect nearly $1600 for him (keep in mind we are around 20 employees tops) with the bosses kicking in 200 each.
I spoke with him today and asked how he was doing and if there was anything any of us could do. He simply replied "no, not unless you have a couple of thousand dollars laying around you dont need". That did me in, I burst into tears, and he did the same. I called him back awhile after that and he boss talked to him and told him to take his time coming back to work, his job was there when he was ready for it. I called him back a third time to invite him to dinner with the bosses family tomorrow, but thankfully he has his and Miss Cindys family together to remember her over dinner. I told him if he could, to swing by the dealership Friday that Ski (the boss) wanted to talk to him. I didnt tell him that we had a big chunk of money waiting on him...I cant wait to see his face and to tell him I love him again...and give him a big hug. This is one man that built his world around his wife and showed her undying love every minute of every day. I wish I could have done more than 50 bucks and a flower arrangement, I wish I could have whipped out the 2000 and say here Jeffy...do what you need to do, and leave it at that...
Okay, Im done....I gotta go cry some more....
Thanks for letting me get this out...
Mrs LPC
Okay, here goes...
Two days ago, one of our oldest salespeople lost the love of his life. Jeff is in his mid to late 60s and his wife Cindy was the center of his world. She has been a diabetic all her life, and was unable to have children. She did home daycare until the diabetes took over and she couldnt do it anymore. Children of all ages loved her and referred to her as "aunt Cindy". Anyway, to make a very long story kinda short...she has been in the hospital for several months now, infection in the shunt site...complications with the diabetes....going through diaylsis 3 days a week....facing the fact that she may lose a leg completely. But everyday, Jeff would be at work around 730 with a smile on his face. He would go to the hospital every morning before work, during his lunch hour, and after work every day. He never bitched or complained about the inconvenience of it all, just looked forward to the day that he could bring Miss Cindy home again. He said over the weekend that she was doing much much better and even though she wouldnt be home for Thanksgiving....he would have her home on Friday. Unfortunately, she took a terrible turn for the worse and caught pneumonia, and her blood pressure dropped extremely low....and during dialysis, it dropped again and never came back to where it belonged. Again, to try and make this short...Miss Cindy passed Monday morning at 715. Jeffy was with her holding her hand as she went. Im sitting here in tears now but I had to get this out..sorry guys...
He was holding her hand telling her to go, it was for the best. We got the call at work around 8 with the news and everyone on the sales floor was devastated. He was our "grandpa Jethro"...the man that could face anything, but now he was a complete basketcase without Cindy. We took up a collection at work for him since he could not get any life insurance on her due to her medical condition, and did not have the cash for the funerel and all. Within a matter of hours, we managed to collect nearly $1600 for him (keep in mind we are around 20 employees tops) with the bosses kicking in 200 each.
I spoke with him today and asked how he was doing and if there was anything any of us could do. He simply replied "no, not unless you have a couple of thousand dollars laying around you dont need". That did me in, I burst into tears, and he did the same. I called him back awhile after that and he boss talked to him and told him to take his time coming back to work, his job was there when he was ready for it. I called him back a third time to invite him to dinner with the bosses family tomorrow, but thankfully he has his and Miss Cindys family together to remember her over dinner. I told him if he could, to swing by the dealership Friday that Ski (the boss) wanted to talk to him. I didnt tell him that we had a big chunk of money waiting on him...I cant wait to see his face and to tell him I love him again...and give him a big hug. This is one man that built his world around his wife and showed her undying love every minute of every day. I wish I could have done more than 50 bucks and a flower arrangement, I wish I could have whipped out the 2000 and say here Jeffy...do what you need to do, and leave it at that...
Okay, Im done....I gotta go cry some more....
Thanks for letting me get this out...
Mrs LPC
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