new gun saved a life in one day possibly

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I ordered a new Taurus pt1911 and picked it up yesterday. It was raining out and I almost didn't go out to shoot it. The kid in me won when I thought of a place where I could stand inside an old barn (made picking up my brass much easier:D ) and shoot out to a target. My dad lives about a mile from where I was shooting. He used to have a Colt series 70 so I wondered if he still had any 45 ammo laying around. I stopped by and it took him awhile to answer the door. I went in and immediately I could tell that he wasn't feeling well. He said he hadn't been feeling well since Monday. This happened yesterday (Thursday).

He's on chemo for cancer so anytime he is sick it is a big deal. I asked him if he wanted me to take him to the doctor because he wasn't in any shape to drive. He's a stubborn old Ba***** and he didn't give up to much of a fight. We had to practically drag him to the doctor when his appendix burst. The doctor suspected that it had been ruptured for a month before he finally went in. That is when they found the cancer.

I got him to an urgent care facility and they got 70 over 50 for his blood pressure. He normally has high blood pressure. They told me to take him to the emergency room. They think that basically he was dehydrated so they are pumping him full of fluids and other stuff.

I can only think that he wouldn't have made it another day. My mother is in the nursing home right now so he is by himself. If the kid in me hadn't taken over to go shoot in the rain, he may not have made it.
 
I pray he will be ok.

On a less serious note: I knew there was a good reason for a child-like fascination with shooting, now I have proof!
 
Way to Go

A great feeling to be there when someone needs you, nice going. We should all trust our inner kid more often!

Congrats on the new gun too.

Michael
 
A little bit of childish greed hoping to score some "cheap" ammo didn't hurt either. A few other family members knew that he wasn't feeling well also. I talked to them and they thought maybe they'd check in on him today. It may have been too late. They'd talked to him on the phone and of course he downplayed how bad off he was so they weren't too concerned. His stubbornness will kill him before his cancer will. I told him to call next time. One wouldn't think that they would have to parent their parents.
 
Got news back today that my dad's cancer has gone crazy and his tumor is cutting off his colon. He's not getting any fluids or nutrition at all and they had to pump his stomach this morning because he couldn't keep anything down. They're not really giving him any hope at all. I would appreciate any prayers. Thank you and God Bless.
 
family first, always. you done good.

my own dear old dad is getting on in years. he doesn't need checking up on, but i go visit once a week or so. drink a couple beers, play a couple games of cribbage, and listen to the same old hunting/mining/war/drinking stories i've heard a million times. he won't be around forever, and every year that passes it becomes more of a possibility. he taught me how to shoot, how to hunt, how to fish, how to do a day's work, and how to goof off. he jokes about us putting him in a home, but my brother and i tell him we're just gonna get a hospital bed to put in the corner of his woodshop. he answers back, "when i die, put my ashes in a mayonaise jar on the workbench".

i'll keep a prayer handy for your father, and for fathers everywhere.
 
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As I grow older, my children will ALWAYS know there's free ammo here for them.
 
One doctor said today that she gives him a few weeks. I stopped at my parents house tonight after I got back from the hospital. It doesn't look like he will have any chance at coming home. I went through the kitchen and got rid of any perishables and took care of any of that kind of stuff. I loaded up all of his guns and brought them to my house. Their house is out in the country and word spreads fast about houses being empty. He doesn't have a gun safe so I didn't want to take the chance of someone breaking into the house and getting them.
 
God Bless your father and God Bless you for being there. Their generation will be missed. I lost my father 10 years ago, my uncle 30 years ago and I miss them everyday. I shoot a bit of my father's ammo every year and his 1911 is with me daily.
 
I'll send up prayers for you and your family. My fiance and I went through this kinda situation right after thanksgiving, her dad was admitted to ICU with septic infection and passed 4 days later before we could get home from college. Spend as much time with him as you can, no one lives forever. We'll be praying for you.
 
Thanks again for your prayers. We are comforted by the fact that he isn't in any pain and won't suffer. He seems to be in good spirits considering and he will be surrounded by family, especially his grandchildren that he loves so much. His only grandson is due in April and he was so excited to have a grandson. We are all heartbroken that he won't be around long enough to see him.
 
Hornady? I think all of us at THR think he raised a fine son. He did his best as a father, and you are the result. And WHEN you cry, remember, it is not because he died, every one dies, we all know that is the price for living. The only reason to cry, is for the things he wanted to do, and never got to do.
And remember, the first thing he will see in heaven is all of the dogs he loved, waiting for him.
 
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