My wonderful FIL passed away in the early hours of this morning :( he was admitted into the local hospice 3 weeks ago (4 days after being given 2-3mths to live) as he deteriorated very quickly.
In December he was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer but by the time treatment started in April he was Stage 4. Poor old sod only had 3 rounds of immunotherapy as he wasn’t well enough for anything else.
We’ve spent the past few weeks planning his funeral and adjusting to the thought of him not being here anymore but now it’s real and heartbreaking. He was the centre of our family and I don’t know what we’re supposed to do without him.
He was a good man who will be missed by so many. After retiring from his paid job he volunteered as a first responder and personally saved multiple lives / hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property in numerous flood, bushfires, road crash rescues and a couple of cyclones! All day we’ve been receiving messages about what an honour it was to work alongside him.