Son Robert’s Sudden Death and Family Fracture¶
Day 2 · 7:43:33 · Dean Allison · Jannine Duffy · Jennifer Britain · Charles Hoffe
- 💔 Son Robert, 42, could not bear seeing his mother in pain, never visited after she fell ill, then died suddenly.
- 📄 Autopsy after months cited heart, lung, and liver issues with bacterial pneumonia as ultimate cause though he was not sick days before.
- 👮 Jennifer learned by police knock on the door and still grieves losing both her brother’s presence and the mother she knew.
Family estrangement under injury stigma and the sudden loss of son Robert.
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Transcript¶
Dean Allison · 7:43:33
You listed a couple of things, and one was losing your son Robert because he was scared of you. Can you share with us what that's all about?
Jannine Duffy · 7:43:43
My son, when he found out what was going on, Um, he would not be able to handle seeing me in pain, so I talked to him often, but there was no way he was going to come and visit because he just couldn't handle it. Yeah. Um, and then he suddenly just passed away, and he was 42.
Dean Allison · 7:44:08
What do you mean he suddenly passed away?
Jannine Duffy · 7:44:10
Well, um, We got a phone call and they said that, yeah, he had passed away. Now, um, we had asked him not to get the COVID shot until we knew, kind of thing, but he went and got the COVID shot and then he went and got the flu shot and he died. And I think it was—.
Jennifer Britain · 7:44:32
It took quite a few months to get his autopsy report, and, um, his autopsy report came out saying that he had some heart issues um, some lung and liver issues, but the ultimate cause was bacterial pneumonia, which— he wasn't sick when he died. Like, he, you know, he was—.
Charles Hoffe · 7:44:50
We talked to him a few days before, and, you know, he was okay.
Dean Allison · 7:44:54
And then I got—.
Jennifer Britain · 7:44:55
It wasn't a phone call, actually, it was a knock on my door from a police officer to say that my brother was gone, which was really hard because I had been trying to get him to come down and visit my mom because I was taking care of her by herself. And he struggled with that because he didn't— she's a tough woman and she always has been, and he didn't want to see her weak.
Jennifer Britain · 7:45:15
So he never got to see her after she fell ill, so I never got to see him either.
Jennifer Britain · 7:45:26
And to me, that's been the hardest part, is I feel like I lost my little best friend and who she was, because she's a different person now.
Jennifer Britain · 7:45:32
But I also lost my brother because he couldn't handle it, and now he's gone.
Jennifer Britain · 7:45:45
And that's, you know, of course it's a different story, but listening to the others today, you know, it really hits it home for everyone who suffered through those losses as well.
Jennifer Britain · 7:45:54
And it's been really hard, and I know that I feel like I'm sitting here today for all those other voices, you know, and all I'll take Abigail and Dominic's story and, and everyone else who had their losses and take those with me today too. And that's why we're here to share, because we felt like we've lived in isolation. We get out and we still do things, but the conversations that we have feel padded and they shouldn't. I've never looked at someone and judged them because they told me their family member had cancer or had diabetes or MS or some other ailment. But this one, they look at me funny. And even some of my personal close friends today, we've just chosen that we're just not going to talk about it anymore so we can remain friends. And I'd rather do that than, you know, have the disagreements and things like that.
Jennifer Britain · 7:46:43
I don't want the divide.
Dean Allison · 7:46:44
Thank you.