and who says this list has to be only about triumphs? i'm glad pete and
aprille felt
comfortable enough to share this very personal experience with us.
this list may be a family of nuts, but we're still a family. my prayers
are with you
and Conner, who's watching us from a better place.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete & Aprille Chadwell" <pandachadwell@mac.com>
To: "Triumphs Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:20 PM
Subject: Final Update On Conner
>
> To all:
>
> I am both sad and relieved to report to you that our son Conner
> William Chadwell has passed away. Sad because we will miss him
> tremendously, but relieved because we know he is with God and because
> we know now that he will not have to struggle any longer with his
> health problems, and I must admit, neither will we.
>
> Conner lived for nearly 18 days, leaving us at 5:10 pm on November 8.
> He died in his grandpa's arms
>
>
> (that grandpa is also the owner of a 1980 TR8, by the way
> some of
> you may know him from the TR8 list, Tom Chadwell)
>
> Thursday afternoon Conner went into respiratory distress and spent
> the vast majority of his final 26 hours or so with extremely erratic
> and difficult breathing. On a regular basis he would breathe heavily
> for 10 or so breaths and then his breathing would pause for another
> 10 or 15 seconds of more. His color went away for much of the time,
> as did his temperature, but he did have a few breaks where he would
> awaken, regain his color and body temperature, cry and breathe
> somewhat regularly, but each time he reverted back to his struggled,
> labored breathing.
>
> We are very confident that our baby boy did not suffer any pain
> he
> died peacefully and quietly.
>
> Thank you all for your kind words of support and encouragement. We
> are sorry to bring this sorry news, but I knew many of you would be
> anxious to hear nonetheless.
>
> Again, thank you so much.
>
>
>
> --
> Pete Chadwell
> 1973 TR6
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