Sheldon got the news this evening that his dad died today. He had been in the hospital since Thanksgiving, but had gotten a little better and was released from the hospital yesterday. Today everyone was out of the house except for Sheldon's 16-year-old brother. He went in to check on his dad, and found him not breathing. He called 911, but the paramedics couldn't revive him. Sheldon's dad was only 42 years old. He had really bad asthma and his lungs just failed.
Everyone's in shock. I don't think it's hit Sheldon yet. He hadn't had a chance to tell his dad that he had officially joined the Naval Reserves (Sheldon's first drill was to be this weekend.) I'm sure he will be excused from that this month. It's heart wrenching to watch him. It just hasn't sunk in yet, I don't think. We had just talked this evening about how proud his dad was going to be when he saw Sheldon in his uniform (his dad was retired Navy.)
Still don't know when the funeral will be, everything is in a bit of chaos. No one was expecting this, so it's been crazy. We're all still in shock.
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