Kirby Smart’s dad passed away in New Orleans

Sorry the hear this. RIP.
 
This sucks to hear. As I get up in years I realize how much more real it gets every year that I will lose one of my parents soon and I don't like it.

RIP Papa Smart
 
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Sad news.
 
fishinabarrel said:
This sucks to hear. As I get up in years I realize how much more real it gets every year that I will lose one of my parents soon and I don't like it.

RIP Papa Smart
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I'm exactly the same. My mom literally just sent me a text about an hour ago, telling me how they monitored my dad's heart for two weeks and found his heart had completely stopped for 3-4 seconds the last night, so they want to give him a pacemaker.
 
damn, hate to hear that. Condolences to the Smart family.
 
RIP.
 
what is it with old people falling that leads to them dying? When I worked as a HVAC tech, at one of the supply companies i frequented for getting parts/tools.. there was an older woman, really nice.. she slipped on her front steps in the winter.. went to the hospital and died a few days later..
 
Thiefery said:
what is it with old people falling that leads to them dying? When I worked as a HVAC tech, at one of the supply companies i frequented for getting parts/tools.. there was an older woman, really nice.. she slipped on her front steps in the winter.. went to the hospital and died a few days later..
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I think the shock/pain (whatever) is just too much stress for their older body to handle.

I slipped on some icy steps about 7-8 years ago (in my mid-50s), tore apart my ankle and cracked my calcaneus (heel bone).

I laid on the ground screaming for a few minutes before being able to crawl on all fours, get into my truck, and drive to the ER. I was literally in shock and shouldn't have been driving because I had tunnel vision. I just wasn't thinking clearly and wanted to get to the ER as fast as possible.
 
Red_Alert said:
I think the shock/pain (whatever) is just too much stress for their older body to handle.

I slipped on some icy steps about 7-8 years ago (in my mid-50s), tore apart my ankle and cracked my calcaneus (heel bone).

I laid on the ground screaming for a few minutes before being able to crawl on all fours, get into my truck, and drive to the ER. I was literally in shock and shouldn't have been driving because I had tunnel vision. I just wasn't thinking clearly and wanted to get to the ER as fast as possible.
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jesus man
 
Sucks, bigger things than football sometimes
 
R.I.P. Mr. Smart!
 
Circle of Life
 
Thiefery said:
what is it with old people falling that leads to them dying? When I worked as a HVAC tech, at one of the supply companies i frequented for getting parts/tools.. there was an older woman, really nice.. she slipped on her front steps in the winter.. went to the hospital and died a few days later..
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Internal bleeding
 
Thiefery said:
what is it with old people falling that leads to them dying? When I worked as a HVAC tech, at one of the supply companies i frequented for getting parts/tools.. there was an older woman, really nice.. she slipped on her front steps in the winter.. went to the hospital and died a few days later..
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I have wondered the same thing. It almost seems like a certainty. I asked my wife (an RN) why this seems so common?

She said its several things like the fact that a lot of major arteries run through the pelvic area, they are laid up for an extended period and the sitting contributes to things like pneumonia and clots, they often have other health issues and the trauma of the fall exasperates them.
 
Red_Alert said:
I think the shock/pain (whatever) is just too much stress for their older body to handle.

I slipped on some icy steps about 7-8 years ago (in my mid-50s), tore apart my ankle and cracked my calcaneus (heel bone).

I laid on the ground screaming for a few minutes before being able to crawl on all fours, get into my truck, and drive to the ER. I was literally in shock and shouldn't have been driving because I had tunnel vision. I just wasn't thinking clearly and wanted to get to the ER as fast as possible.
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Here is an "Other side of the coin" instance. My Grandpa, was 77 and fell and broke his hip. He didn't actually go to the doctor for several days and just kept hobbling around. Went through the whole surgery, rehab process and returned to 100% normal walking. But, he also had Alzheimers and that seemed to go into hyperdrive. Physically he was fine after the rehab process. But prior to the fall he was in the "has good days, and bad days" stage with the Alzheimers. After the fall there were no more good days and he was gone mentally. I always wondered if that was just a coincidence or if the fall contributed to it?
 
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