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Any lady (or, man) who even wants a Corvette is kool for that very reason. Obviously, she is one kool person.
Thanks for sharing such a difficult experience. I am thankful. Just a reminder that we must enjoy our time on this earth.
My thoughts are of her, driving you, in that C8!
Literally just heard about a possible breakthrough for gioblastoma yesterday. My sil died from it twenty years ago. Don't know what else to say. God bless you and your family.
If glioblastoma, they have some new treatments at Duke University that utilize an engineered poliovirus. Immunotherapy is the way to go vs gamma knife.
[QUOTE=JF in MI;1606105520]We had been Corvette owners in the past and, at the time, owned another C1. In 2019 my wife of 47 years had been reading a lot about the C8. She then asked out of the blue if we could get one. I figured we “can’t take it ($) with us” so why not but she would do all the research on who had an allocation and it would be “her C8” and registered as such. We ordered one as a 2020 birthday present for her. Got booted out of the 2020 model year and had to re-order a 2021. 18 months later we took museum delivery of a 2LT Torch Red coupe (license plate ‘ HER C8’). To my delight they treated her like royalty there and she also did the track experience with me.
She was so damn proud of that car and loved to talk to folks about it at the car shows we would attend. On our following 49th anniversary I surprised her with the factory build book she did not know I ordered. We only drive it to car shows or other special occasions and once in a while she even lets me drive it so it doesn’t have a lot of miles. This past September we drove it to our Golden anniversary party and shortly thereafter was put away for the winter.
Two days before Christmas 2022 her present was a diagnosis with a brain tumor. Before they transported her to another hospital she pulled me close and said ‘ No matter what happens don’t let my brother or sister drive my car’. Biopsy done on her 70th birthday. She has a couple of months, maybe weeks left. I will most likely keep it with her plate on it. Live and love while you
Update; Thanks to all for the kind words. To those asking how difficult it was to write this all I can say is that it was very therapeutic for me. I'm getting numb over it and I actually prefer it that way. For those who say 'its hard to find a good mate' I can say I always knew I found a unicorn. In 50 years I could never bring myself to even raise my voice at her. She is a master cook and always kept me well fed. She was self taught in computers and retired as a director of IT for a big textile company. She became a private pilot and I bought her her own airplane (1960 Cessna 12). We retired from CT to MI and happen to be about 3 miles from one of the largest sportsman's clubs in the state. I asked her if she wanted to try long distance rimfire rifle shooting (she never fired a rifle) and within several years is now regarded as one of the top marksmen in a club of about 750 members.
After biopsy her glioblastoma is in one of the worst spots possible and is progressing rapidly. We took her to one of leading brain surgeons in the country in Manhattan NY but now we are trying to move her to a local hospice as it looks like she will never see her beloved MI again. Somehow I knew something like this would happen because I've been so very extremely lucky during my whole life and for the last 5-8 years knew my luck was bound to run out and something bad would happen. You damn women out there are supposed to have longer lifespans then us men.
Her first car show trophy
Agreed. However, I have come to actually hope my wife passes before me because I know how unbelievably difficult it is when you lose a decades-long spouse and life partner, a best friend, and everything else a good husband or wife embodies.
I would rather bear that pain myself than imagine a world where my wife must bear it were I to pass first. Maybe think of it as your last and greatest act of love for her, although not by your choosing obviously, that you will shoulder that pain rather than her having to do so.
My heart sincerely goes out to you mate. May her final days be painless and filled with as many loving moments with you and others close to her as possible, and I hope you find peace, once the intial pain and shock subsides, in the years and experiences you had together.
>Agreed. However, I have come to actually hope my wife passes before me because I know how unbelievably difficult it is when you lose a decades-long spouse and life partner, a best friend, and everything else a good husband or wife embodies.
I would rather bear that pain myself than imagine a world where my wife must bear it were I to pass first. Maybe think of it as your last and greatest act of love for her, although not by your choosing obviously, that you will shoulder that pain rather than her having to do so.
My heart sincerely goes out to you mate. May her final days be painless and filled with as many loving moments with you and others close to her as possible, and I hope you find peace, once the intial pain and shock subsides, in the years and experiencea you had together.<
I understand your reasoning. Maybe its just that the most kind person I've ever known deserves more life than a comparable waste like me. Or that the world is much better with her. Or that she has so many friends that would support her or that maybe I'm just a coward. Her mother died of the same thing just at 86 so I banked on me going first. Thanks for your thoughts.
My wife passed last night (Saturday, 7 January) at 10:30....
I'm so sorry to hear this. I can't imagine your pain. I always tell my wife I hope I go first because I don't think I could take the pain of losing her.
I then think maybe I'm being selfish and not thinking of her pain.
Prayers for you and your family.
01-06-2023, 09:20 AM
