So, i made a Gilda Radner comment earlier, and it made me go to wikipedia to see when exactly she died. I never realized the exact circumstances of
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Andie (aka Andie)
Feb 16 '11, 13:57
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her death:
DeathIn late 1988, when biopsies and a saline wash of her abdomen showed no signs of cancer, Radner was put on a maintenance chemotherapy treatment to prolong her remission, but later that same year, she learned that her cancer had returned after a routine blood test showed her levels of the tumor marker CA-125 had increased.[15] She was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on May 17, 1989 for a CAT scan. Because she was fearful that she would never wake up, she was given a sedative but passed into a coma. She did not regain consciousness and died three days later at 6:20 am on May 20, 1989; Wilder was at her side.[6]
Gene Wilder had this to say about her death:
She went in for the scan � but the people there could not keep her on the gurney. She was raving like a crazed woman � she knew they would give her morphine and was afraid she�d never regain consciousness. She kept getting off the cart as they were wheeling her out. Finally three people were holding her gently and saying, "Come on Gilda. We�re just going to go down and come back up." She kept saying, "Get me out, get me out!" She�d look at me and beg me, "Help me out of here. I�ve got to get out of here." And I�d tell her, "You�re okay honey. I know. I know." They sedated her, and when she came back, she remained unconscious for three days. I stayed at her side late into the night, sometimes sleeping over. Finally a doctor told me to go home and get some sleep. At 4 am on Saturday, I heard a pounding on my door. It was an old friend, a surgeon, who told me, "Come on. It�s time to go." When I got there, a night nurse, whom I still want to thank, had washed Gilda and taken out all the tubes. She put a pretty yellow barrette in her hair. She looked like an angel. So peaceful. She was still alive, and as she lay there, I kissed her. But then her breathing became irregular, and there were long gaps and little gasps. Two hours after I arrived, Gilda was gone. While she was conscious, I never said goodbye.
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Wow....that's heartbreaking. -- nm
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Will Hunting
Feb 16, 14:09
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that is horrible -- nm
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Epiphany
Feb 16, 14:09
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If you haven't read "It's Always Something", her autobio, I would highly recommend it. -- nm
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reelgirl
Feb 16, 14:07
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oh, how sad. -- nm
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loosilu
Feb 16, 14:06
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My god. -- nm
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lileve
Feb 16, 14:01
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Journalist Who Cruelly Mocked Lara Logan Attack On Twitter Resigns From NYU -- (link)
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con_carne
Feb 16, 14:01
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yeah that's similar to what happened to my mom in her last days of cancer -- nm
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Remlik
Feb 16, 13:59
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