Gerard McGall

Gerry McGall
He was one of a kind a big heart and always a smile and a joke to share he was the life and soul of the party
on the 13th of july he was admitted to hospital and after tests and more tests because he was so short of breath they told him he had Lung cancer. that smile didnt fade but behind it was the worry of what was to come. there was nothing they could do for him apart from buy some time with radiotherapy and chemo .. after a cocktail of drugs were prescribed and appointments were made the ball started rolling he had a week of radiotherapy and although he made it through the week with a smile and his hopes were high the next week things changed he went down hill had a few side effects and was off his food his sister bernie done most of his care making sure he was eating something drinking plenty getting some sleep and taking him to doctors to help manage his pain..
he struggled on learning his new life wasn't as fast paced as it used to be....
life carried on appointments, tablets, scans,days out for lunch baby shopping with my cousin dinners with his daughters and liz his ex wife but still very close
he was never givin a time on how long he had left ... how long is a bit of string?
on the 6th of september he phoned my aunti at 2 in the morning he didnt feel well.... she stayed with him all night making sure he was taking enough tablets to ease his pain then she called a doctor he was taken by ambulance to the RAH in paisley it was a scary time as we faced the thought of lossing him so soon he had a chest infection and infection round the tumour the doctors done everything they could and it worked he started getting a little stronger his heart rate went crazy and he was put on a ward where they kept an eye on him as he got better they moved him to another ward they werent so nice in there and he wasnt enjoying himself he just wanted home or back to the vale hospital where he always enjoyed and felt safe..... on tuesday the 15th i went to visit him and he looked bored and unhappy i saw on the nurses bored he was being moved to the vale hospital on the wednesday but we didnt say anything to him incase things changed....
but true enough on wednesday he arrived at the vale we had missed afternoon visiting anyway and there was visitors going at night so me and my mum didnt go he was to start chemo on the thursday so we didnt go again we stayed at home my aunty was going to be with him anyway so he wouldnt have been left with no visitors he never was...
turned out the staff nurse didnt think him well enough for chemo on the thursday after the journey from paisley so it was arranged for friday i got my hopes up i knew this wold buy him a little time
but on friday morning at 6am my phone rang and my worried aunty told me gerry was getting worse we were to go to hospital we arrived at 6.20 and he was in pain but the nurses were dealing with him after that we went in to sit and his 2 daughters arrived his 2 brothers me and his 2 sisters along with a son in law all hoping for some good new but it never came and at 9.48am gerry passed away peacfully ....without the chemo maybe he didnt want it and it was just his time to go but he was gone to soon with so many things he wanted to do before he passed away
he was only my uncle but he ment so much to me and was always in my life i will miss him forever and i only hope he is safe now with the rest of our family
R.I.P GERRY
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