Gather 'round the warmth bro's, i got a story to tell.
>be me, about 16 years old step-dad is sick, cant figure out why.
>doctors say its because his bones are going bad because he is overweight (step-dad is 5'11 and 370 pounds at the time, mostly muscle)
>he decides fuck it i want to live to see grand kids and starts eating fuckin green leafy shit on the daily
>starts to lose weight but has thyroid problems so its hard, he starts exercising (swimming weights and stationary biking)
>me being the good son goes with him all the time
>a couple of weeks go by and it gets progressively worse and worse
>after months of testing and confusion we find out what is truly wrong with him, my step-dad who raised me since i was 1 year old has MSA (Multiple System Atrophy)
>doctors said he'll be lucky to live another year if he gets treatments (treatments = breathing tube and feeding tube)
>father is crushed and asks the doctors what could have caused it, doctor says playing high contact sports where you get hit in the head alot.
>my dad's face turns gray as he says "i think i know what caused it"
>he asked the doctor if 1 major trauma could have done this, doc says no
>my dad looks up and asks him "could it be from being beaten at a young age?"
>doc says it would have to be a bad beating and it would have had to have been a few years of it.
>dad says "yea, it did"
>dad goes to see a psych doctor and they prescribe him "comfort medication" if you hear that term just know that its already over, there's no hope anymore.
>my dads central nervous system is decaying rapidly, his organs start to go bad as well, cant have to much fiber or sodium
>no meats besides chicken and if it gets bad then he can only eat chicken broth and that's it
>father says he would rather kill himself than go out like that.
>meanwhile me the good son is at school taking classes from hell
>French II
>Chemistry
>US History (shithead kids in that class)
>Anatomy & Physiology
step dad? it must be pretty weird calling some random dude who's fucking your mom dad
Go on, OP.
Listening.
>>722681609
So he must be a dinosaur that cant eat moms spaghetti?
>>722682044
yoooo smile fries is mah shiiiiit doe
OP back guys, story cont.
>backpack is well over 35 lbs and can't see dad as often cause im doing homework
>dad gets worse so we bond through the best memories we have, Skyrim
>we got special edition the day it came out and me and him played it as often as we could together
>he'd play and i'd watch and help him find things he missed or places he should go
> play through the whole game, dad's birthday is coming up soon in march, i tell him i am gonna plan his birthday this year
>"no anon, i don't think i'm gonna make it that long... im just holding out to do the taxes then im gone"
>Heartbroken and have a knot in my throat the size a baseball, crying quietly as i lead him to and orc guarded ebony mine somewhere northeast of riften.
>he starts having to use a cane and can no longer feel his hands or feet, heart keeps misfiring, he tells me his time is coming.
>he asked me if i resent him for hitting me when i was younger, he said it was the worst thing he'd ever done and that he regretted it.
>tell him there could never be bad blood between me and him. he made me into the man i am today.
>he tells me he loves me then we both go to bed
>next morning i wake up puking from food poisoning
cont.
>dad doesn't know i'm still home on account of me being to sick to get out of bed.
>12:46 am i wake up from a deep groggy sleep to the sound of a gunshot
>I instantly puke on my carpeted floor from the knot in my stomach and as i force myself out of bed i run to check on him in just my sweatpants.
>I open his bedroom door, he's not here. (his bedroom connects to a bathroom)
>so without thinking i bust in to find my dad hug over the tub with his pistol he keeps at his nightstand in his hand
>i wretch and vomit into the trashcan in his bathroom, i call 911 but before i do i made the worst mistake of my life
>i looked into the tub and saw what had become of him
>i coughed and gaged but there was no vomit left in me.
>911 arrives and takes him out and calls my mom to come stay with me.
>>722681609
then he died and my dog shit on the floor
the end
>>722683312
damn nigga,
go on
>>722683312
This is fucking intense, man.
>>722683312
;-;
>after seeing my dad like that i couldn't get that image out of my head and i still see it in my nightmares.
>my dad is gone and my family begins to collapse as my mother tries to stop working because of how bad it hurt
>i try to lean on my girlfriend of 3 years for support, i soon come to find out through a friend that she is cheating on me
>im more than just crushed, im devastated in the worst possible way.
>my younger brother starts cutting his wrists so i slapped the shit out of him and told him to pull himself together and stop being a bitch
> i was my dads best friend and he was mine, he was incinerated and out into and urn.
>he always told me he wanted me to use his ashes to fertilize an apple tree on some land when im older and married
>no matter what i intend to keep that promise.
>dump bitch girlfriend because she's a hoe then start working out and eating healthier , keeping up with my school work
>im still trying to make him proud, i join my school's baseball team and im pretty good.
>not the best but not the worst, i start dating a cheerleader and slowly regain myself and some sense of confidence
>>722684176
Go on
>>722681609
Bumping and listening....
>>722681805
>raised him since he was 1
Dull your edge kiddo it's past your bed time
>>722684176
Is there more? Or did you just wanna tell us that you planned to keep the promise? How old are you now OP ?
>>722684176
Boom bamp bomp bump pow
final chapter.
>everything is going my way and im feeling a lot better,
>my family has been slowly recovering again and things are looking up.
>i didn't know this but my brother wasn't getting better like i was, he was getting worse
>my brother was 12 years old, smart athletic and a top ranking member of the middle school football team before my dad killed himself
>brother is now 13 in our story,
>my mom passed away in her sleep almost 4 weeks ago, she used the "comfort medicine i talked about before.
>she took a whole bottle of hydrocodone then fell asleep and didn't wake up.
>me and my little brother now live with our rich aunt and their 2 kids, 1 is a 2 year old girl
> the other is a autistic kid about my little brothers age. my aunt inherited millions when my uncle tony killed himself at a fairfield inn awhile back.
>he was loaded because he owned an auto repair company
>aunt offers to pay for my college anywhere i want to go.
>i am now going to university at WKU and studying medicine trying to become a neonatal nurse.
>brother is now a player on my high school football team and a star player to say the least.
>>722684176
Is this the end?
>>722685215
i am 20, little bro is 16 about to be 17
>>722685644
>my uncle tony killed himself at a fairfield inn awhile back
Why is everyone in your family into suicide?
>>722685644
All this shit... this inspiring story, you are gonna keep your promise and make your family proud against all fucking odds!
....and then you disgrace your father by becoming a male nurse. He killed himself to avoid seeing you be a male nurse OP. You were the sickness all along
>>722685828
So at least the little guy didn't an hero like I was expecting. You got that, OP.
>>722685665
yea, things are slowly looking up so far. i could get into more detail about parts if you'd like but now you know where im at so far in life
>>722685879
he was depressed because my aunt was a hoe, she was fucking guys on some Russian baseball team at the tim
>>722685930
i could go father and become a doctor, taking care of babies and shit, but that is another 5-6 years of schooling. also im gonna be joining the military soon after i graduate and my brother gets into college.
>>722685828
Do you want to get married? And what age?
>>722686059
Fuck, good luck anon.
>>722686227
>go father
I see what you did there OP
>>722686411
i'd like to if i can and i should be finished with my schooling about 2 years from now.
the cheerleader i was with has gone into med school with me to become an EMT
>>722686642
i misspelled that on accident lol
>>722686428
thank's anon
>>722686059
Surprising a millionaire businessman wasnt smart enough to write the cheatin slut out his will before he offed himself. Hes dead and shes got his money. This uncle Tony sounds like a Joey Buttoufuoco type.