Please pray....

[Porkchop]

Please pray for my mother and brother.....

RIP- Robert Lee Kopczyk (1962-2009)- Life dealt you the wrong hand, i love you Dad, thanks for everything.....

[Ninjakel]

aw man, I am so sorry. May he RIP

[Particle Man]

Oh no :( :(

So sorry to hear :( :(

[JoJoYZF]

Damn Im sorry to hear that Adam. RIP

[shmike]

All three of you are in my thoughts.

RIP. :(

[Rider]

RIP Sorry for your loss porkchop

[julie j]

My thoughts are with you and your family.

[Lucky3623]

Damn, very sorry to hear that man. RIP

[tached1000rr]

So sorry to hear that, RIP

[RACER X]

RIP Mr Kopczyk

[rogue]

My condolences. You and your family are in my thoughts.

[azoomm]

:( RIP so sorry....

[MILK]

RIP. I am so sorry.

[AquaPython]

Rip

[Curb]

Rip :(

[MissHell]

Sorry for your loss. :(

[Looni2ns]

So sorry for your loss. Prayers out to you and the family. Rest in Peace, Mr. Kopczyk.

[Riceaholic]

sorry to hear...RIP

[Adeptus_Minor]

Too young. :(

RIP to your Dad and my condolences to your family.

[Ducati Diva]

Very sorry to hear this. Remember all the good times and may it bring smiles to your faces as you deal with this difficult time. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

['73 H1 Triple]

Very sorry to hear this. Remember all the good times and may it bring smiles to your faces as you deal with this difficult time. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

Very true.


That's way too young. I'll say prayers for the entire family. Please accept my sincere condolances.

Jeff

[racedoll]

Sorry to hear this Porkchop. You have Erik and my sympathy.

[Angee]

So sorry hon...RIP

[101lifts2]

Sorry for your loss. RIP

[Quick281]

All of you have my most sincere thoughts.

[njchopper87]

Ohh.. that sucks.. I'm sorry. You're all in my thoughts.

[Porkchop]

Thanks to all of the responses, i have passed them on to the family.

But now that I have some time to actually sit and think, I thought i might explain a little bit. As you could see my dad was 46, about to be 47 in August. Lets just say my bloodline wasnt dealt the best of genetics to begin with. His father died of a heart attack when he was 11, and his mother died a month before I was born at 53, also of a heart attack. So he, and i havnt been dealt the best of hands off the draw. About 20 years ago he was diagnosed with cancer (Hodgkins). He ended up beating that after much treatment. About ten years ago he had his first heart attack in the infield at Martinsville speedway during a Nascar race. It was a major attack in a minor artery. Three years later he had another heart attack at home, this one being a minor heart attack in a major artery. (Being that he only thought it was chest pains.) But through it all his lifestyle has cleaned up a bit of recent, it will be three years this week that he stopped smoking, eating much better all along, and exercizing.

Friday morning about 2:30 my mom woke up to what she thought was snoring... he was a loud snorer! She bumped him to get him to stop and when he didnt respond, she realized the breathing was irratic and labored. By the time she had turned the light on, called 911, and woken my brother.... he had ceased breathing. Unfortunatly he was on his side, and if they rolled him over he was dangerously close to the edge. So my poor mother with dermata-myositis and little brother had to get my dad to the floor to perform cpr. I unfortunatly was 20 minutes away with friends, and by the time i had gotten home the paramedics were there and working. At the time I didnt know, and even later i didnt, but I now know my dad had passed before i arrived home. They took him to Doctor West, and did a sonogram to check for any movement in the heart, but it did not want to restart. We requested that no autopsy be taken, but after much talk with our neighbor that is a doctor we have come to an answer. At some point during the night, his heart just stopped... no heart attack, stroke, or clot. The odd breathing my mom heard is now explained as an arrithmia (sp?), basically his brain telling the body to kick start, but it never could....

Both ceremonies were beautiful. He loved classic rock and classic cars, and even though the casket was closed, he will be going in his GTO button up shirt and Big Head Todd hat. During the viewing, instead of having sad funeral music, we put together a disk of his favorite music. It was a 2 hour viewing and somehow we couldnt get the disk any lower than 5 hours and 37 minutes and included the beatles, pink floyd, tom petty, big head todd, collective soul, bush, genesis, and so many more. And of course the catholic mass was amazing.

Thanks again everybody....

[the chi]

Im so sorry for your loss, sounds like ya'll gave him a sendoff to be proud of.

[Gas Man]

Sorry for your loss. He was too young that is for sure. Heck of a send off you gave him. As many here know I just recently went thru a similar deal with my father in the first half of the year. I feel very much for what you are going thru. It will be tuff at times. I remember my 30th b-day about a month after his death. I never gave it much thought, then after my card from the wife, I was lying in bed and it hit me. My dad wasn't around. It hit me so hard and it came out of no where. I think about my dad often and miss him allot. Hell even today, I was reading something and wanted to talk to him about it... but I can't. Makes me sad. So again, I'm sorry for your loss. I will say a prayer for you and your family, that you have the strength to endure.

[Tsunami]

Oh porkchop, I am so sorry for your loss, my condolences to you and your family/friends.

[racedoll]

My mom had a heart attack a couple months ago. She was very, very lucky because she started having symptons on Saturday but didn't go to the hospital until Thursday.

My sisters and I have to watch because we have heart problems on both sides of the family. It really makes you open your eyes and face reality.

You always have your memories. I think about my Grandma a lot and it makes me smile even though it is hard at times.