I'm sure this is in the wrong place but you'll forgive me as my head is somewhere completely else at the moment. Please feel free to move it to the appropriate forum. Thanks. I haven't been here for a long time; been very depressed. I was just starting to come out of it when Karen, whom as most of you know is my sister who suffered with MS (Multiple Schlerosis) became unable to swallow and I had to bring her into hospital. To my terror, they took her immediately to the Emergency Resuscitation ward, but she came out of that alive and was moved to a high dependency ward. On Friday they moved her down to a less urgent care ward. I was concerned: she was asleep almost all of the time my other sister and I visited but she woke up a little when they were moving her. Yesterday morning at 0800 I got a call from the hospital to tell me her condition had deteriorated and I should get in fast. I broke my neck trying to get a taxi but I arrived too late and she had already gone. I am, as you may imagine, heartbroken. Karen was my world. For 17 years I looked after her, 13 of those as her fulltime carer. I have no idea what I'm going to do now. My whole reason for living for the last almost two decades is gone. I'm numb, I'm hollow, I'm at the lowest ebb I have ever been. My darling, beautiful, kind and gentle baby sister has gone to be with my mother and my auntie Eileen. I will miss her forever.
This is one of those occasions when "I'm very sorry" seems insufficient. Our thoughts and prayers go with you.
I know that words will largely be inadequate, but I am so very sorry for your loss. All my sympathies to you.
I am sorry for your loss, but I hope you can take comfort knowing that you did everything you could to take care of her. I'm sure she was proud to have a sibling like you.
My sincerest condolences. Very few people in this word have a sibling as devoted as you were to your sister.
I’m so very sorry for your troubles. As someone above said ,all you can do is take solace in the fact that you did your best by your family. Take some time and be good to yourself.
I am so sorry. I like what flandry84 said in the above. Be good to yourself and yeah, it is about time. Thanks for sharing, I think it is fine that you put it here.
My deepest condolences. Try and take comfort from knowing that she is beyond any pain or limitations and that you were there for her when she needed it the most. Find a grief consoling group to help you cope.