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Jane Wedlake Cardiff UK died Nov 2014 Jane Wedlake Cardiff UK died Nov 2014

The VIP (extra bad news) soon to be grieving relative's private room was now offered to us. A tired space with tired sofas, badly applied milky film on the windows, remarkably blend for a space that is witnessing to so much suffering. 3 strangers, She's brain dead, no hope left, we need to agree on a timescale to unplug her... no rush (but rush non the less, rush!), would you like to donate her organs? sister say no. One lap around block (sister in taught) in the fading light of the British grey gloomy winter, The blotted, almost unrecognisable figure that was once the essence of life, Jane in the bed, head half shaven, first surgery stitches now displaced by second surgery staples stamped in her scull, with tubes sticking out of every orifices, including some that nature never intended, Jane was now “switched off”, the predicted 2 hours peaceful departure, turned into an agony lasted 11 hours, Gassing at the monitor, listening to the beats of the monitors, I fall asleep out of exhaustion, 3 days without sleep, a hand on my shoulder “its almost over” and so it was, lines on the monitors flattening now chest rising sower and slower, then the last gasp, lines to zero, my love is dead... Tracey the young nurse, hand out to me a pamphlet, bereavement and burial (the idiot guide). Truly alone now, a quarter of century with Jane.... 11 days of hope and despair and a litany of well meaning platitudes, now a life of sorrows, my love is dead.

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