It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Les Hyland on Wednesday, July 2nd. Les was a well-loved respected part of the Paluma Community who served in numerous roles with passion, humour and dedication. A more detailed obituary will follow, along with information about the funeral, but here are some words from Lynn regarding his last days.
Les had taken a very sudden decline in mental and physical health over the past month and had suffered a number of falls , fortunately with no serious obvious injuries. His last fall on June 24th resulted in an admission to TUH in the early hours of the morning. Each day he rapidly declined further and was finally admitted to the Palliative Ward at 4.00 a.m. yesterday Tue. 1st July. He hadn’t slept for 7 days which made matters a lot worse. He had accepted using his CPAP mask on Mon.30th and was a lot more settled but we knew by then that he wasn’t going to be coming home. At no time was he in pain or distressed. The decision was made at 2.30 p.m. to remove the mask and up his morphine levels. He was gone from us by 3.15 p.m. – very quiet and peaceful, the way he would have wanted it to be.
Lynn Hyland
Níl na mairbh marbh ach beo i gcroí na n-éan duine.
The dead are not dead but alive in the hearts of those who loved them.
Couldn’t have said it any better. 💜