I'm sorry that it has been so long since I have updated the blog. When my Dad started treatment on September 26th at Mayo Clinic our whole world was turned upside down. He was hospitalized day one and never left the hospital. As radiation went on he became weaker and more things began to stop working in his brain and body. The radiologist said it could take weeks after treatment for radiation to show it's benefits and reverse some of the symptoms my Dad was having. 2.5 weeks into the 3 week long radiation treatments the radiologist came and said he usually sees some improvement by then and he didn't think my Dad was going to get better. My Dad finished the radiation on Friday October 18th and became unresponsive by Tuesday October 22nd. They then told us they thought he only had a few days to live and we have been waiting for his time to come since.
The past month has been the most traumatic time in our family's lives. We tried day and night to help my dad feel safe and loved and supported through this experience. There were so many times he cried and said how grateful he was for us and how he could feel our love and that's all we could really do. It pained us that we couldn't help him more and save him from this horrible cancer, but we do know we did all we possibly could.
Our Clark is the absolute sweetest and silliest soul to walk the planet. He made those close to him laugh and feel loved and important. He was an extremely smart mechanical engineer who could engineer just about anything (including my parents massive pond and bog system in their yard and their entire home). He is a lover of sports (especially football and basketball), and lover of nature and plants, a lover of birds and animals, and a lover of his family most of all. We are all forever changed to have known him and have him in our lives and will keep him with us in our hearts forever and ever.
We will be having a celebration of life for him at my family's home. Time and date to be announced later on.
Again, thank you for all of your words of love and support to my family and for the donations to cover the costs of this family emergency.
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