I posted on the RIP thread. My FIL passed away at 11:15am. His cancer moved very quickly - two weeks to the day.
Unfortunately, Bill was never the same after his sister died a few years ago. He deeply mourned her loss, and we could not comfort him because none of our family ever got to know his sister. Couple that with the fact that all 3 of his children disowned him 30 some years ago, along with a lot of his other family members and, even though he had Rick's mom and the rest of us, we didn't share his history or his family and he just shut down back then. It's been very hard for my MIL and after talking with her for about an hour earlier today, she's just relieved. She loved Bill with all her heart, but he made life difficult for her these past 3-4 years and especially the past year.
I don't know and probably will never know if his cancer just recently popped up or if it's been there lurking, waiting for the opportunity to rear its' ugly head. It doesn't matter. When Bill was his old self he was a loving, kind man & lots of fun to be around. I will miss him, but glad he did not have to suffer very long.
Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts and words.
