BEEN A TEAM FOR 6YRS NOW , FULL OF FIGHT , ROYAL FLUSH COULD NOT BEAT THIS PAIR!
FELL IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN WHO HAS MS - AND BROKEN TAILBONE - AND ARTHRITIS
11YRS OF DISABILITY , APPROX 8 - 10 YRS IN CHAIR (S) , BOTH OF US , WE WALTZED TOGETHER CHRISTMAS 1991, PRIOR TO MS OR HER DIVORCE AND MY SEPARATION.
WILL NOT WALK MY DAUGHTER DOWN THE ISLE AT HER WEDDING IN MAY , BUT WILL BE NEXT TO HER IN MY WHEELCHAIR , HER MOTHER WILL NOT BE PRESENT AS SHE TOOK A BULLET IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD 3 YRS AGO , AT A WEDDING IN WINNIPEG ,
WANDA WOKE ME MIDDLE OF NIGHT - PHONE RINGIN OFF HOOK , IM DEAF LEFT SIDE , LONG DISTANCE WAKING DAUGHTER TO TELL HER TO GET HER BUTT TO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTRE AS MOM WILL NOT SEE MORNING , ON THE PHONE , ME - HOUR AND HALF AWAY. WHAT COULD I DO? SHIT HAPPENS?
COMPLETTELY RENOVATED WHEELCHAIR HOUSE , SIDE ENTRY VAN , CEILING TRACS ,
THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL COVERED.
WANDA CALLED MY NAME FROM THE BEDROOM ,
FOUND HER ON THE FLOOR WITH BLOOD POURING OUT OF HER MOUTH ,CRYING ,I COULDNT HELP HER
I COULD DO NOTHING TO HELP OR COMFORT THE WOMAN I LOVED!!
NOTHIN I COULD DO BUT LOOK , COULD NOT REACH HER HAND , CAMODE AND ELECTRIC CHAIR IN WAY
THANK YOU LORD MY FRIEND WAS OVER , BIG MAN AND WANDA 125LBS AT 5 FOOT TEN.
THAT EVENING WAS THE FIRST OF THREE AMBULANCE TRIPS TO LOCAL HOSPITAL, TWO MORE INTO WPG. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
UTI - PNUEMONIA - DISTRESSED BREATHING - DOCTOR RODE AMBULANCE WITH HER KEEPING HER BREATHING - KEEPIN HER ALIVE!
TEARS RUN AS I TYPE THIS
I WAS SCARED!
THREE NIGHTS I WENT TO BED NOT KNOWING IF SHE WAS EVER COMMIN HOME AGAIN!
THOUGHT I LOST MY MANHOOD 15 YRS AGO
THOUGHT DIRTY DIAPERS SELF CATHETER AND RUBBER GLOVES AND YOUNG NURSES HOMECARE HUMANITARIAN DIGNITY?
MS IN FREEKIN STEREO