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Chapter Twenty-Two
Seto contacted an organization called "Hospice of Domino" and asked if he could hire two Nurses to come to his home and help his family take care of his father-in-law who was in the last stages of prostrate cancer?"
The lady he talked to said "just let us know when you will need them and we will send over two of our best Nurses." Seto thanked them.
Today, Greg is coming home and Seto had the den transformed into a bedroom for him. Roland had taken it upon himself to have the den fitted with a hospital bed and anything else that they would need to make Greg's life a little more bearable.
Two Nurses came; they were Samantha Swanson and Naomi Williams. Seto and Joey met with them and as they explained about Greg, both ladies smiled and told them "we'll do our best to try to make him as comfortable as we can, but you know that we will need everyone in the family to help is too."
Joey then told them "we are all willing to help you help my father any way we can."
That evening while everyone was at the dinner table, Joey and Seto told them "today two Nurses from the Hospice of Domino has come to help with taking care of Greg. They both has asked us to tell everyone that they will need all our help in doing that. If anyone of you don't feel that you can help don't be afraid to say so. Neither Seto nor I will ever say anything about it because we both know that this will be the hardest thing that either of us has ever done."
Roland, Mokuba and Cassandra all told both Seto and Joey "you can count on us to help any way we can." This brought tears to Joey and Seto's eyes and Joey said "thank you."
Everyday both Cassandra and Mokuba had to go to school, but when they came home and if Greg was awake they would go and talk to him about how their day went and there were times they got him to laugh at something that happened at school.
There were times when his pain was so great that he almost couldn't handle it and that's when either Samantha or Naomi would give him a injection of morphine to help, and on those days only Joey, Seto or Roland were allowed to go in and see him. It was just too much for either Cassandra or Mokuba to take.
Greg had been home for a little over a month when he showed signs of his body shutting down and those were times when it was so hard for any of them to see him like that, but they still came to see or talk to him. He never was alone at anytime. One day while Joey went to see how his father was he heard Naomi singing a song and tears rolled down his father's face as he listened to the words and when she was done Joey asked her "what the song was called" and when she "told him he made a mental note to find that song and play it for his dad anytime he wanted to hear it."
It was around four thirty in the morning just two months since Greg had come to live with them, when Naomi went to tell Joey "your father is fading fast. You may want to get everyone down there to say there good-byes."
Joey and Seto got dressed and went to get everyone and as they all went into the room, they could hear his breathing was ragged and slow. One by one they each went over to the bed and told Greg how much they loved and would miss him, and when it was time for Cassandra, Joey and Seto to tell Greg, well they nearly didn't make it.
Seto went first, as tears ran down his face and he almost didn't get it out "I will miss talking to you and I will love you forever."
Joey was next and he too was crying as he said to he father "we've had our problems but don't think that for one minute that I didn't love you, because I did. Dad, I will miss you but I know that we will see each other in heaven."
Cassandra held onto her grandfather's hand as she softly said "grandpa, I love you and don't want you to go. I know that you'll be watching over us from heaven with grandma and momma, but I'll miss talking to you." Tears streamed down her face as she kissed his cheek, and then he took on more ragged breathe and he was gone.
There standing beside the bed was Virginia and she held out her hand and said "Greg it's time to go" and they walked hand in hand up to heaven where they were joined by their daughter-in-law and all the others.
Naomi felt for his pulse but there was none, and she said "Mr. Wheeler had gone home." She then called his doctor and told him that he had passed on.
Joey and Seto had to physically remove Cassandra from the room because she didn't want to leave her grandpa. Then they took her upstairs to their room laid her on the bed and they got beside her and held her as they all cried for the loss of a really good man.
Roland helped Seto make arrangements for the funeral for Greg while Joey was helping his daughter cope with the loss of her grandpa. Two days later as the were getting ready to go to the church for the services Cassandra turned to her father and said "daddy, grandpa has no more pain and he is up there with grandma and momma and they are watching over us." Joey held his daughter and he told her "I know baby, I know."
Joey had asked Naomi "if she could come and sing that song she sang for his father at the services" and she told him that "she'd be honored to do it." As the guests signed the guest book and were sitting down, Joey stood up and thanked them for coming and then he said "Naomi who was one of my father's Nurses is going to sing a song that my father loved.
IN THE GARDEN by Charles Austin Miles
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses
And He walks with me
And He talks to me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share a we tarry there
None other has ever known
He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet he birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing
And He walks with me
And He talks to me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other will ever known
I'd stay in the garden with Him
'Tho the night around me is falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
He voice to me is calling
And He walks with me
And He talks to me
And He tells me I am his own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known
When she was done, the Minister began the services he asked if some of his friends would come forward to say something about Gregory (Greg for short).
One by one they came up to the podium and said a few words, and then it was Joey's turn. "My father and I didn't have what some would say a good relationship, in fact sometimes I hated him, but as I got older and a lot smarter I came home and we became good friends and the father and son again. I loved my dad and I will miss him now that he is gone."
Cassandra was the last one. "Grandpa welcomed us into his home and gave us a place to live and while he and dad got reacquainted again, he gave me all his love. No one could have had a better grandpa then I did. We've laughed and cried but he never said a bad thing about either my father or mother. I am going to miss him but I know that now dad and I have another Guardian Angel watching over us. See you in heaven grandpa."
When the services were over, they drove out to the Cemetery where Greg was buried next to his wife. The tombstone read " Gregory Nathaniel Wheeler, born January 15, 1947-September 9, 2007. Here lies the best Husband, Father and Grandfather. May you rest in peace.
As they got back into the limo for the drive back home, Cassandra turned to look back at the resting place of her grandparents and she could of sworn that she saw her grandpa, grandma and momma waving good-bye to her and then the were gone.
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