Tom Petty not actually dead as of 5:20 ET

[ehrnst]

TMZ has updated its story to state that Petty has been taken off life support on a do not resuscitate order but has not yet died. A rep for the LAPD declined to confirm his death to HuffPost and said information on the singer “was inadvertently provided to some media sources” in a tweet.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/10/02/report-rocker-tom-petty-dead-66/724545001/#

[riversedge]

1. May his family find peace. A massive heart attack seldom has a good outcome.

[nini]

2. Jesus

I'm so sick of jumping the gun on stories and the general insanity of the internet at times.

Either way.. I hope he is not in pain

[cwydro]

3. It seems a foregone conclusion however.

This makes me sad on a day that was already beyond sad.

[haele]

4. Dad lingered four days off life support.

Massive Stroke and afib; I remember they said his heart was down to 10% operational capability. The VA expected him to pass within 12 - 24 hours, so they moved him from ICU to the hospice wing to make it comfortable for both him and Mom, but he hung in there, not aware of anything, just shutting down. At least his old command buddies were able to visit.

Who know how long it would take? If there's any change for the positive, they'll probably put Mr. Petty back on life support to improve his chances, but even then, I doubt there's much recovery possible.
This brings back sad memories.

Haele

[LeftyMom]

5. It can take a while.

If you've been in the room you know it's awful and morbid and weirdly frustrating every time there's another weird gasp or flutter of heartbeats in a body that just refuses to accept the sad reality that anything that made that body a person is beyond saving. You never get that sound or the unblinking eyes or the weird plastic skin out of your head again. It's awful.

I can't imagine what's it's like when TMfuckingZ is circling the room like a cone of vultures and you can't even have some privacy.

[MontanaMama]

8. You're so right.

I can remember sitting at my dad's bedside when he was dying and every time I thought he'd taken his last breath he would breathe again. I kept looking at the hospice nurse and asking "was that his last breath?" but of course, she didn't know. It is awful. My heart is broken for his wife and those sitting with Tom at this moment.

[LeftyMom]

9. My mom died a year and a half ago.

As it went on I had little flashes were I was strangely angry with her for taking another breath after a long pause because I wanted it to stop already. I didn't want to focus on the mechanics of her body shutting down, or on the monitors, but I didn't want other people in the room to talk like she wasn't there either. People who cared about my mom showed up to be there and while I knew it meant something to them I wanted them all to go away. Talking to her when she was obviously gone seemed wrong, but so did just sitting there. There wasn't really a correct answer to any of it.

The whole thing was awful. I do count myself fortunate was that there was no doubt her brain was wrecked and she wasn't suffering in the least, and that there was no room for debate about the right thing to do with life support or second guessing about her ability to survive or recover. I have no idea how people manage all that body horror and waiting with even the slightest 'what if' in the back of their minds.

[MontanaMama]

10. I'm just sorry.

It can be a ghastly experience. I still wake up at night thinking about the feelings, sights, smells and sounds. The long slow deaths of my parents pushed me to get Choices documents in place. I don't want my loved ones having to make decisions for me that I can make now in an effort to ease their pain when/if something happens. This is gawd awful.

[msongs]

6. in a tweet. well we all know everything on twitter is absolutely true. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. If he somehow makes a miraclous recovery, I'm converting to Pettyism.

Sadly it seems just a matter of time.

Today sucks.