A Void
A co-worker of mine passed away on Friday night. He was 33 years old.
It all happened so fast. I can hardly believe he's gone. It was only 5-6 weeks ago that he started feeling sick.
He went to the doctor, and they kept him in the hospital. They ran tests, and the next thing I heard, he had started chemo. Advanced lymphoma...
On Monday of last week, they let him go home, and from all accounts that I heard, he was doing well--or at least, the doctors seemed optimistic. But on Wednesday, he was back in the hospital. And on Friday night... he died.
I wouldn't say I was close to him. We joked around and chatted at work every now and then, but that's about it. Still, I'll miss him. And when I get to work later this morning, I'll see the silly little note he scrawled for me one day, and which I taped up in my cubicle: "Proofreaders fight the war on error."
I'll smile, but I'll be a little sad, too.
It all happened so fast. I can hardly believe he's gone. It was only 5-6 weeks ago that he started feeling sick.
He went to the doctor, and they kept him in the hospital. They ran tests, and the next thing I heard, he had started chemo. Advanced lymphoma...
On Monday of last week, they let him go home, and from all accounts that I heard, he was doing well--or at least, the doctors seemed optimistic. But on Wednesday, he was back in the hospital. And on Friday night... he died.
I wouldn't say I was close to him. We joked around and chatted at work every now and then, but that's about it. Still, I'll miss him. And when I get to work later this morning, I'll see the silly little note he scrawled for me one day, and which I taped up in my cubicle: "Proofreaders fight the war on error."
I'll smile, but I'll be a little sad, too.
posted by grackyfrogg @ 7:55 AM
3 Comments:
At 5:25 PM ,
Quesse Lómë said...
Wow...that's really sudden and sad, even though you weren't tight. I hope that your office handles the loss well.
At 5:59 PM ,
grackyfrogg said...
thanks, quesse. it was quite subdued in the office yesterday. the company has been wonderful. very supportive of its employees, some of whom are certainly having a harder time than others.
At 5:02 PM ,
squawpeak said...
Sorry to hear about your loss.
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