[NFBF-Tampa] Gloria

[Debbie Malone]

Dan
I'm sorry to hear about Gloria. You are in my prayers.

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023, 5:23 PM Dan hicks via NFBF-Tampa <
nfbf-tampa at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello friends,
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> It is with extreme sadness that I have to report to all of you that my
> wife, Gloria Mills Hicks, passed away early this morning. She had been
> having some confusion issues which may have been related to blood pressure
> issues – two high and then too low – that had resulted in two hospital
> stays April 15 thru April 22 at Tampa General Hospital, and then April 26
> through April 30 at HCA Sough Tampa.
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> The month of May saw several doctors’ appointments and some home nursing
> care. There was some improvement. In June My daughters Katie and Robin,
> along with Robin’s husband Nick and their two six-year-old twin boys, Rory
> and Damien, all came to see us, and Katie stayed with us. Gloria was happy
> to see them and interacted with all of them and seemed pretty much okay.
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> She had tests scheduled for the end of June and it was when I was trying
> to get her ready to go for the tests that she became very disoriented and
> confused. I didn’t know what else to do – I called 911 and she went back in
> HCA Memorial hospital on June 30 for two weeks. Gloria developed breathing
> issues, and they put a breathing mask on her. She was under some sedation,
> but she could still talk a little and laugh. She knew who our dog Luke was
> and she knew who I was. On about June 8 – one week ago – the OCR doctor
> said the breathing was worse and they would have to put her on a
> ventilator. Now she was much more sedated, though nurses urged me to talk
> to her because she could still hear me, at some level at least. I talked to
> her pulmonologist, and he said he thought this would not be for too long.
> The hospital wanted to move her to another hospital, an acute care hospital
> called Kindred. I was not in favor of the move, but the pulmonologist se
> had been seeing did rounds at this Kindred location, and their online
> reviews were good. I visited her every day at Kindred, just as I had a TGH
> and HCA, and I was impressed that their staff seemed so attentive to her.
> The pulmonologist said that she was only receiving 40 per cent oxygen, down
> from an original 100 per cent, and he did not see any reason why we could
> not start weaning her off the ventilator early next week.
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> I got a call at 2:34 AM this morning (July 15, 2023) from Kindred, telling
> me that Gloria had taken a bad turn, that there were serious oxygen issues,
> and they I needed to come there right away. I took a Lyft and got there in
> less than an hour. There was a cluster of people around her bed, and two
> people were doing CPR. The ICU doctor told me that they had been doing CPR
> for about an hour and there was no hope of her regaining consciousness.  I
> told them they could stop – it is what Gloria would have wanted. They
> called it at 3:49 AM this morning.
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> I have called my family members and Gloria’s brother Mike, and he had
> informed much of her family.
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> Gloria’s brother Mike and I are meeting with the funeral home on Monday. I
> know that Gloria wanted a Celebration of Life ceremony, rather than a sad
> and gloomy funeral. I will let you all know when I have details.
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> I feel very sad and numb and very lost. Gloria has been the center of my
> world for more than 30 years. I always told her I was proud of her because
> she had accomplished so much. She has changed me in so many ways, as I have
> changed her. I will always love her. I am glad to have my family and
> friends and Luke. I am glad to have so many wonderful memories of Gloria
> and all of our time together.
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> Dan Hicks
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