2026 can fuck right off

Another tragedy in the Sicotte household. I have been caring for my elderly mother (she'll be 80 on Thursday) and her brother, (my uncle) who is 78 and has special needs. I have been caring for them on a pretty consistent basis since I moved back in with my mother in 2014. Friday night, my uncle Paul was acting very strange. We asked him if he felt sick and he shook his head and said he was tired and just wanted to sleep. He started shaking and acting veryyy strange. I took his blood pressure and it was 54/39. I immediately called an ambulance. He is in septic shock due to aspirational pneumonia. We thought he had a cold and had been giving him Tylenol and DayQuil for 3 days now. It turned out he aspirated on his drink and developed pneumonia. By the time the symptoms presented, he was in septic shock. He will not recover, so my mother (and her two surviving sisters...one I can't really stand but that's another story for another blog) made the decision to stop his treatments today and let him pass. I've had way too much loss in my life, especially recently. The cycles of 3 continue.... Fuck 2026. 😭😭😭