Originally Posted by RON20

I lost by best mate on the 11th, he was murdered, he was on his way home from work at 3.30pm, when a couple of boys (14-15) tried to rob his bike, by hitting him with a big plank of wood, and left him in a pool of blood, there was people around 2try and help him, and seen the lad’s who done it.
He was taken to hospital to the critical ward, where he drifted in and out of a coma, with serious head injuries, went to see him on the Saturday morning he looked ok, but I could only see him for a couple of mins, so his mum asked me 2come up later.
Went back up about 6, got there and the nurse said he’s been moved, well I was made up thinking he was getting better, went down where I seen him mum and dad crying, he went in for emergency brain surgery, the way the Dr’s expanded it he would wake up with some memory loss.
The next day I went to see him with my girl friend, your only allowed two at the bed side at any given time so my mates dad walked me over and I was so shocked to see him, and his dad walked out to get my girl friend, I was standing there I asked the Dr is this mike and it was, his head was 2times bigger, when my girl friend got there she broke down, so I had to walk away but went back in later after getting over the shock, after that he had one ok day and two really good days, but on the Wednesday I got a call about 8am asking me to come up the hospital ASAP, he only had a couple of hours left, I was so gutted that my best mate for 18years, who I went to nursery with primary school and high school even college with is going to pass away.
When I got there his mum asked me to phone some friends to get5 them to come up to say our last good bye’s, and with that they told me how bad the damage was to his brain, he was going to wake up severely brains damaged, they said we have to sign a forum for the Dr’s to revive him, what would he want, it was the hardest thing I have ever had to do but I said no way would he want wake up to be like that.
As the day went on more and more people come to say good-bye, I went in for his last wrights (I think that’s what there called)
He passed away at 6:45pm
What’s getting me down at the moment is the lads who done it are out on bail, and his funeral won’t for another 4-5 weeks