Well ended up coming home, had plans on going south to my parents. But we hadn't packed any clothes.....and wearing clothes that I wore all day at the hospital, didn't amuse me.
Well Gabe passed away on paper at 3:51 PM today. He left the hospital at around 8PM. He was still breathing on a ventilator and his heart was still going. His Blood pressure was slipping all day and when he left it was at 75/40.....so he probably wouldn't have made it through the night.
We spoke pretty extensively with the doctors and nurses from the organ donor company. Every single organ/tissue etc is in awesome shape and will be used to help others. That is the positive of the whole situation. The only part that would need to be tested more was his heart.
But it still sucks when it is one of yours....
The part I think that has hit my brother alot is the fact that me and him are the only 2 boys in pretty small family. I only have a girl and that was his only boy. So unless me or him have another boy. Our family name ends here.
But thats for another day.
Tomorrow I get to drive home and inform my dad that his grandson passed away and we kept it from him......gonna be a long day for sure.
Thanks to the overwelming amount of support and thoughts. Sorry if I didn't respond to all of the texts, pm's or messages over facebook. I can assure you I read them all and appreciate the thoughts.
Again, humbly, thanks again.
John