My Father Has Passed Away

Posted by rob on June 9, 2009 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

I wanted to let all of you in the CML group know that my father Robert Wood Neill has passed away. Many of you who are long term members know that the CML group was started many years in the days long before Gleevec when my mother Laquita was diagnosed with CML. 

During the past 2 years my mother Laquita and I along with a team of caregivers have spent 24 hours a day taking care of my father as his health declined. We started out 2 years ago with a diagnosis of lung cancer which my father overcame but his health declined due to dementia, TIA’s, pneumonia and various other complications.

When he first became ill 2 years ago his physician offered nothing more than saying he should be admitted to a nursing home. My mother Laquita did an extraordinary job the past 2 years in taking care of my father despite having CML herself. We had a wonderful team of home health aides, nurses, therapists, and others who provided 24 hour home care he was able to enjoy a good quality of life up until the last few days and he never had to sign up for hospice.

If any of you would like to read the obituary and sign the guestbook it is online at the link below.

http://ofhwinona.com/LeeObit5.html

Rob