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[fimbrethil]

My Uncle Joe is in the hospital. He is my father's sister's husband and I can't say we are really close. We talk 3 or 4 times a year, send each other Christmas and birthday cards and he comes to my summer cookouts and occasionally Christmas dinner. He hadn't called me for my birthday which I found odd but I figured at 84, he just forgot. The next

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[fimbrethil]

Yeah, Howard saw the mess, I was home with Bree the day Joe was taken to the hospital. I think he and I are a good team in crisis. Joe lives in Woodside and wanted to be taken to Booth Memorial, which is in Flushing. Howie got on the phone with the EMS team who picked him up and got him put into the system as family of a retired EMS worker and that got him to the hospital he wanted to go to. You know Howie, he talks the talk AND walks the walk. I was there yesterday and the prognosis is poor but I got there just in time to feed Joe and give him a little bit of a hard time, which made him laugh, so it was good all around. Joe is the kidder of the family so he appreciates the humor, no matter how dark.

Right now it's funny because I wasn't too very fond of my aunt but her ashes are currently residing in my living room because we are afraid the landlord, son of a long time friend of my aunt and uncle, might clean the whole place out and toss the ashes too. I'm pretty pissed off actually. Margie and Joe looked after Dorothy, who was their original landlord and friend, while she died of cancer. The family was content with that but now they jut want the old man out. Makes me want to scream. My family have been the only visitors so far and I'm not even that close with him. I'm glad to help but his family should step up and aren't. He has nephews that haven't bothered to get involved.