Joegreen:

Unfortunately his refusal of sufficient amounts of liquids was more like 18 months old. I know it took its toll on him because you could see it in the loss of elasticity of the skin, and yes it did hasten his end. He was 90 years old and had outlived his brothers and sisters, but you still always hate to say it was his time.

He spent the last 3+ months of his life in a hospital and nursing home and suffered from the massive sores he acquired from being on his back unable to heal due to lack of calories ingested (the family decided no feeding tube would be used.). Thank God and the medical community for modern pain killers.

Thank you for the kind words.

Bountyhunter