Frank Baldwin
Died June 13, 2007 @5:02pm
Father of 4, grandfather of 9.
Died at the age of 52, Pancreatic Cancer
Frank was my, "to be" father-in-law, was a good guy. found out he had cancer after being mis-diagnosed for Pneumonia for over a year (da*n horse doctors down here) He fought for 4 years, with every penny he had to survive, thought he went into submission in December and the doctor decided to hold off on any more treatments for a month to see were they stood with it, by the time he had his check-up in January, it was to late, it had spread to his lungs, liver, kidneys. The doctors fought it vigorously only to give up.
On June 3rd he told me he felt weak, June 4rth, he went to the hospital, they treated him for a failing liver, he came home that night, June 7th he could barely walk, June 8th he needed a cane, June 9th he needed a walker, June 10th he was in a wheel chair, June 11th he lost consciousness, And then drew his last breath on the 13th
In his final months he took care of everything for his family, down to the grave, casket, paid for it, signed everything over to those he wanted to have it.
On June 2nd he and his family decided to goto to DollyWood for a last family outing, they said he seemed fine when they were there.
he went very quickly, about the only descent thing I can say about it.