Thanks for finding out, Amy; that couldn't have been an easy call to make.
Joel Send a noteboard - 24/09/2011 05:51:33 PM
As many of you know, Monroe had a really bad accident several years ago, and as a result required several surgeries.
Well, he had a surgery in March of 2010, and after the surgery he was moved to a rehab center for - well, rehab. He was doing well, and was scheduled to come home on March 30th. His mother was with him, for most of the day on the 28th and he was scheduled for an x-ray, and so he told her to go home, that he'd call her later.
An hour after she got home, she got a call from the hospital, she thought it was Monroe calling, but instead it was the hospital calling to tell her he'd passed.
The doctors determined that it was a blood clot that traveled to his heart, and caused a pulmonary embolism.
The nurse who took him to the x-ray told his mother that he stood up from the wheel chair to go get the x-ray, that he got a pained look on his face and just collapsed right there. She said he was dead immediately, and that they tried to resuscitate him, but that it just didn't work.
His mother found comfort in the fact that he had so many friends, people that she didn't even know he had as friends, who would take the time to call and contact her to find out what happened. (Including someone from PA who met him in a chat room and came down to visit him who found Mrs. Sanford about 6 months ago on FB - was that someone here??)
She is comforted, she told me, that he will live on in our memories.
Rest in Peace Monroe.
Well, he had a surgery in March of 2010, and after the surgery he was moved to a rehab center for - well, rehab. He was doing well, and was scheduled to come home on March 30th. His mother was with him, for most of the day on the 28th and he was scheduled for an x-ray, and so he told her to go home, that he'd call her later.
An hour after she got home, she got a call from the hospital, she thought it was Monroe calling, but instead it was the hospital calling to tell her he'd passed.
The doctors determined that it was a blood clot that traveled to his heart, and caused a pulmonary embolism.
The nurse who took him to the x-ray told his mother that he stood up from the wheel chair to go get the x-ray, that he got a pained look on his face and just collapsed right there. She said he was dead immediately, and that they tried to resuscitate him, but that it just didn't work.
His mother found comfort in the fact that he had so many friends, people that she didn't even know he had as friends, who would take the time to call and contact her to find out what happened. (Including someone from PA who met him in a chat room and came down to visit him who found Mrs. Sanford about 6 months ago on FB - was that someone here??)
She is comforted, she told me, that he will live on in our memories.
Rest in Peace Monroe.
I'm glad she has that comfort, and that Monroe passed quickly without prolonged suffering. It's still a shame that he was indefatigably fighting his way back only to be suddenly lost to us, but it's also good to know he kept fighting till the end (though typical of him, from what I've seen.) Thanks again for the update; that was also a great and welcome comfort.
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Monroe, aka "eornom" aka "Animosity" has passed. **updated with more info**
- 15/09/2011 06:40:45 AM
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Wait, what? *NM*
- 15/09/2011 07:16:18 AM
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- 15/09/2011 07:16:18 AM
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yeah, I know. That's basically what I said to myself at first...
- 15/09/2011 07:21:55 AM
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...saying that he was alive, but "not 100%." Oh no. *NM*
- 15/09/2011 07:29:22 AM
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Well, good to know that it wasn't an agonizing end for him. (read Amy's post down there)
- 19/09/2011 10:05:11 PM
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- 15/09/2011 07:50:10 AM
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That is sad news. Thank you for taking the trouble to find out. *NM*
- 15/09/2011 01:25:43 PM
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I didn't know him, but the fact that you took the time to track him down says a lot
- 15/09/2011 02:24:36 PM
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That's terrible. It doesn't even say what happened to him. He was a young guy.
- 15/09/2011 02:37:33 PM
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- 15/09/2011 02:37:33 PM
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This is a sad bit of news. I'm glad we at least got to find out, though. *NM*
- 15/09/2011 03:21:45 PM
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This is weird. I thought about him last night, and I was going to post about him here today.
- 15/09/2011 04:42:21 PM
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I just wanted to link to a song he would have liked us to listen to when thinking of him
- 15/09/2011 05:58:05 PM
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Crazy. I remember him. Always sad to lose a member of the community. *NM*
- 16/09/2011 02:24:58 AM
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Oh dear.
- 18/09/2011 07:51:15 AM
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I know. I should have googled a lot sooner...
- 18/09/2011 06:51:39 PM
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So I just spoke to Monroe's mother
- 19/09/2011 05:39:05 PM
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oh wow... Thank you so much for finding out, Amy.
- 19/09/2011 05:41:27 PM
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I'm just hoping it helps you 
<3 *NM*
- 19/09/2011 05:43:45 PM
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<3 *NM*
- 19/09/2011 05:43:45 PM
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Thanks for finding out, Amy; that couldn't have been an easy call to make.
- 24/09/2011 05:51:33 PM
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Thanks for finding this out.....it helps with closure to know what happened.
- 29/09/2011 03:50:11 PM
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Blessed Be, Monroe, you were a good friend, and be truly missed. may you never be in pain again. *NM*
- 30/09/2011 05:48:26 AM
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