Sep 4, 2018

Fred’s Last Trip – the End of his Journey

Fred went into the Palliative Care Unit at St. Michael's on August 22, 2018.
He left us around mid morning, August 30, 2018 after a really brutal battle with pain and opioid toxicity. 
This is the view Fred had out his window
 Lo and behold, he was greeted by a big old buck with a marvelous set of antlers but he wouldn’t turn around so we have a marvelous ass.

He spent the entire afternoon dozing between two fir trees out on the lawn.


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 The Party's Over
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It's time to call it a day
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the candles flicker and dim
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The party's over
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It's alright, it's alright... it's all over, my friend
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I’m so going to miss him!

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