Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2020 21:23:12 GMT -5
Just to let all know that Allen Bruce passed away about 3:18 a.m. with all the children and Ruth by his side at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma. Funeral arrangements pending, they’re talking about possibly next month or later. We’ll send news of details later. Memorial service will be in the Kelso area.
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Some have asked what happened re. Allen Bruce, so here’s what I pieced together as best I understand it:
Allen & Ruth had 8 months together. they seemed a perfect match. After marrying they learned that Allen had a lung disease common to firefighters, Interstitial lung disease …
A group of disorders that cause progressive scarring of lung tissue.
Interstitial lung disease may be caused by long-term exposure to hazardous materials, such as asbestos or coal dust. Or, it can be caused by an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Once lung scarring occurs, it's generally irreversible.
So Allen’s lungs have been increasingly compromised. Recently Allen & Ruth returned from a trip to Florida. After the plane trip home things unraveled really fast … double pneumonia set in within days.
Daughter Pam & Steve Daniel were with Allen & Ruth on Tues. Even though Allen was laboring to breathe, he was in good humor and they enjoyed playing a game together around his hospital bed.
Yesterday evening all the family was advised to return to his bedside immediately. He was on 100% breathing support, but lungs were no longer functioning and stomach muscles were doing the work and had been heaving all day as though running a marathon.
Dane & I arrived before midnight - Allen was VERY alert and “focused†in asking us about our gospel meeting in Kelly Kingman’s home. He wanted to know what we had shared in the meeting. He didn’t want to miss a word.
Toward early morning his doctor came, determined it best to up the level of morphine and Ativan and remove the oxygen mask; Allen’s wishes and family in agreement. He immediately began actively dying. We were amazed at how soon death came.
Dennis Hamon will come for the body. There will be cremation. Memorial service to be determined later in the Kelso area. Just this for now, your Tacoma brothers
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Some have asked what happened re. Allen Bruce, so here’s what I pieced together as best I understand it:
Allen & Ruth had 8 months together. they seemed a perfect match. After marrying they learned that Allen had a lung disease common to firefighters, Interstitial lung disease …
A group of disorders that cause progressive scarring of lung tissue.
Interstitial lung disease may be caused by long-term exposure to hazardous materials, such as asbestos or coal dust. Or, it can be caused by an autoimmune disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Once lung scarring occurs, it's generally irreversible.
So Allen’s lungs have been increasingly compromised. Recently Allen & Ruth returned from a trip to Florida. After the plane trip home things unraveled really fast … double pneumonia set in within days.
Daughter Pam & Steve Daniel were with Allen & Ruth on Tues. Even though Allen was laboring to breathe, he was in good humor and they enjoyed playing a game together around his hospital bed.
Yesterday evening all the family was advised to return to his bedside immediately. He was on 100% breathing support, but lungs were no longer functioning and stomach muscles were doing the work and had been heaving all day as though running a marathon.
Dane & I arrived before midnight - Allen was VERY alert and “focused†in asking us about our gospel meeting in Kelly Kingman’s home. He wanted to know what we had shared in the meeting. He didn’t want to miss a word.
Toward early morning his doctor came, determined it best to up the level of morphine and Ativan and remove the oxygen mask; Allen’s wishes and family in agreement. He immediately began actively dying. We were amazed at how soon death came.
Dennis Hamon will come for the body. There will be cremation. Memorial service to be determined later in the Kelso area. Just this for now, your Tacoma brothers