Emerson Milford Dickson, 23rd April 1980 - 15th January 2023

[chris]

I have the very sad duty to announce that my beloved husband Emerson Milford Dickson passed away at some point between midnight and 9am of Sunday 15th January.

Emerson had struggled with his breathing before Christmas. He subsequently had an echocardiogram which confirmed that one of the ventricles of his heart was working very inefficiently, and he was due to see a cardiologist this Friday. Resting over Christmas had helped him feel much better, and there were no real indications that things were wrong other than a vague and fairly moderate feeling of unwellness on Saturday. I'd gone to bed before him on Saturday night, and found his body on the sofa on Sunday morning, which came as a horrible shock. Friends have been taking very good care of me since.

The coroner has decided that a post mortem will be necessary to determine the cause of death; I expect the cause to have been heart-related, and suspect he had fallen asleep on the sofa and passed away as he slept.

Man, it sucks that I seem to only ever sure this journal for death announcements, and I'd been thinking of trying to do a brief State of the Chris a couple of weeks ago, which would have been rather happier. It's possible that I may do some (appropriately trigger-warned) grief journalling as well.

Comments

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

This was a horrible shock to me so I can't begin to imagine how it felt for you. All of the hugs, and a proper meetup when you feel up to it (we've been just missing each other for so long, and this is a reminder to keep up properly with old friends).

I was all pleased to get a 'your friend jiggery_pokery made a post for the first time in a while' email, too!

Alice

[anatsuno]

I’m so, so sorry for your loss, and can’t imagine the shock and horror you went and are still going through. I send all the warm hugs I can and think of you a lot. 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[lnr]

Having seen the news elsewhere yesterday I did look here to see if you'd also posted here. I was remembering how much I enjoyed following you both on Livejournal in years past, when the long-form blog was more of a thing. <3

[lathany]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[venta]

Ugh, Chris, I'm so sorry. While there is absolutely no good way to lose your husband, finding someone unexpectedly like that feels like it must rank among life's most horrible experiences. I'm so pleased you have friends around to help you through this (and friends distant thinking of you and wishing you well).

[synecdochic]

I'm so tremendously sorry for your loss. May his memory be a blessing.

[happydork]

Oh my god, I'm so so so fucking sorry, how awful.