Jenn writes personal essays about her father's death and family, along with cultural commentary and notes on Montaigne.
HN commenters recommend her posts about her dead father, describing a moving story with unexpected twists in the follow-up, and one commenter is a fan.
I read the linked post as well: https://jenn.site/my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/
> i learn the story afterwards. dad went upstairs for a lie-down after dinner, but was awoken by severe chest pain. he vomits, which is a thing he never does, and asks mom to call 911 immediately. she does and provides all the symptoms, the dispatcher tells her that they've sent for an ambulance, and they should get ready to go.
> so they get ready, and then they wait. they wait for 15 long minutes, my dad in an extreme amount of pain, and nothing happens.
> mom calls 911 again and asks if they have an ETA. the dispatcher responds that don't have visibility on that. she asks if she should just drive my dad to the hospital and is advised that the best thing to do is to keep waiting.
> so they wait another 15 long minutes, and still no one shows up. the house is in a car-oriented suburb, 5 minutes away from a major highway, a ten minute drive from the hospital.
> mom decides that they should not keep waiting. she and my brother help dad into the car, and they drive him to the hospital.
> they arrive at the emergency room entrance. dad gets out of the car, takes two steps, lurches forwards, and dies on the front steps of the hospital.
What the fuck, that's horrible.
My dad's house is in a rural area of the country. He sadly passed away a week ago, I found him in his bed while coming to visit, he didn't pick up the phone that day, despite us having talked just the day before. When…
Yeah kind of wish I hadn’t read that one. But the whole truth is always best to know. Somehow makes his story so much more sad.
Edit: Oh my goodness didn’t realize this was the same Dad from: https://jenn.site/my-dad-could-still-be-alive-but-hes-not/
I write a blog that’s not about AI, though is very technical.[1] For non-self promotion I’m a big fan of Jenn’s, who I got introduced by the first Inkhaven cohort.[2]
[1]. https://blog.alexbeals.com/
[2]. https://jenn.site/
Read the follow-up too, there are some unexpected twists.
https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
There is also a part two apparently for anyone curious:
https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/
Interesting follow up post, published the same day: https://www.jenn.site/my-dead-deadbeat-gay-dad/