The Last Message

For nearly three years, I have been corresponding with a YouTube viewer. His mom found me on YouTube and told her son how good my videos were. The son watched my videos and agreed. He then reached out to me through my Facebook business page and asked me some questions and shared some of his story with me.

The man had a congenital medical condition which is a neuromuscular disease. I understood a lot about what he was going through because I have many similar symptoms. He also had a trach and used a ventilator.

During our last conversation, he had a number of concerns about care he received in the hospital. I gave him some tips and advice. I also assured him everything would be ok. His last message was as follows: “Thank you so much. Your help really means alot to me.  Like so much that I feel like crying happy relieving tears lol”

And with that, our conversation broke off as it usually did, until he had another question or concern.

On Saturday, I received the following message from his mom:
“I want to thank you for helping my son with his health question recently. His name is (name deleted for privacy). He is my son. He lost his battle with his life long illness yesterday. You also helped me too. Thank you so much.”

I cannot tell you the devastation I felt learning of his passing. Tears quickly sprang to my eyes and cascaded down my cheeks. I was completely grief stricken and stunned. I was also touched that his mom contacted me to let me know her son had passed away. I immensely appreciate that.

My deepest condolences to his family and friends. What an incredible person he was—kind, caring and a great friend. May his memory be a blessing.