Dave's final days
Well, its hard to say goodbye to someone you haven't spoken to in over a year. Sadly, that was the case for me and my brother. I couldn't be close to him anymore..it was too painful. I don't know if David ever mentioned how much damage the OD had caused him back in 03, but it was pretty bad. He had some brain damage and towards the end of his time here he started going to doctors because he was having trouble moving the left side of his body. He had heart problems, gland problems..etc. Anyway, my point is..he knew what he was doing was killing him..and kept doing it. I know that's the addiction, but, at some point you begin to think of it as a slow suicide. Anyway, I don't think David did this intentionally. I think he knew it was inevitable though. I think we all did..well maybe not my Mom. Dave had the most loving mother on the planet. People always blame parents for things like this and its just wrong bc his mom is great. She took care of him when he was sick, took him to the doctors to help his left side paralysis. She was in denial, he was her baby boy.
Davids behavior started changing after his paralysis started. He started going to church with my mom. He still used, but I think he also knew something was coming. Maybe he just did it to make my mom happy, who knows.
David died the day after his birthday. He spent his bday with my mom. He died 20 feet from where my mom was..she thought he was sleeping.
We had no idea Dave was shooting up fentanyl. We thought he wore his patches, but the police searched his room.
My brother asked my mom to read to him from the Bible that night.
I'm writing this bc I think you guys should know..how sad this turned out. Maybe it will stop one of you from trying fentanyl or something. Who knows.
My brother was always so fucking smart..I will always be jealous of that. He and I shared the same sick sense of humor..so I'm thankful for that. He knew how to make me laugh just as much as make me cry.
Anyway..just wanted to share. Thanks everyone.
