F E AT U R E
DIAMOND VAPOR’S KEITH
FAIRMAN BRIGHTENS UP THE
LIVES OF TERMINALLY ILL
PEOPLE AT FLORIDA HOSPICE
HE SPENT TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE ALL ALONE IN THE
WORLD AND HAD NOBODY TO TALK TO IN THEIR FINAL DAYS
Anyone who has met Keith Fairman
from Diamond Vapor will know that
whe is one of life’s true good guys.
However he recently turned a personal
tragedy of his own into an opportunity to
brighten up the lives of some desperately
ill and lonely people in their final days.
At the beginning of November Keith was
called into a Florida hospice where his
mother Johnye was terminally ill with
stage four cirrhosis of the liver.
He was informed that his mom was in
a bad way and did not have very much
time left so Keith dropped everything
and headed over.
In fact there was nothing that could
have prevented him being with his mom
in her hour or need, especially as he
had promised his grandmother, on her
deathbed, that he would always take
care of his mother.
However once at the hospice, he noticed
other terminally ill patients with nobody
to visit them and their plight touched
his heart.
Keith said: “I was walking the unit while
visiting my mom there, and I noticed that
there were some rooms that had nobody
coming to visit them.
“I asked the nurses why this was and I
was told that some of them had outlived
their family members and some were
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homeless from the streets with nobody
to visit them.
“I asked if I could go in and visit these
people because I could not just walk
by and leave them all alone in their
final days.
“I want to treat others the way I would
want to be treated in the same situation
as this. I myself have been homeless
where I thought I was all alone in the
“I am at the hospice. My
mum doesn’t have long.
I decided to start visiting
peovwho are dying alone
and give them some hope.”
world and I don’t want to see other
people feeling the same way.”
Keith left many of his Facebook followers
close to tears when he posted a series
of updates about his hospice visits.
He wrote: “I am at the hospice. My mum
doesn’t have long. I decided to start
visiting people who are dying alone and
give them some hope.”
One of the people he met was James
who has been in the hospice for 111
days. He has been on the streets for
over 20 years and he has never had a
single visitor until Keith came to see him.
Keith said: “I spoke with James and let
him know, if he wants someone to be
here when he transitions, I’ll do it.
I don’t want him to die alone.
“I went in and asked James if he could
have any meal in the world tomorrow
what would it be and he replied ‘chili’.
“He did not want steak, or lobster, but
chili. This blew me away, the simplicity
of just saying the word “chili” made me
think of how most of us in the world don’t
have any problems that even compare
to his, but “chili” would make a world of
difference to him.
“I also found out that he was a smoker
and had very few visits to the outside of
the hospital to smoke. I explained about
vaping to him and he asked if he could
try it.
“The nurses agreed that he could vape
from his bed and he loves it. The mod
I gave him was a Cync. I have been
contacted by them, and they are shipping
down all the liquid for him for free of
charge.”
Keith said he was overjoyed that he has
been able to make a difference to