Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Home Movies
Friday, December 17, 2010
Best Buds and Evy J
Friday, December 10, 2010
Hello, Blog
Monday, August 9, 2010
It's Just Different
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
A Fish Tale
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Qualifying for the Brickyard
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Flavors
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
I'm Going to Try, Again
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Trip To California
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Recent Stuff
Friday, January 22, 2010
Trains
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Losing Our Dads
John's Dad passed away on Nov. 11th, and my Dad passed away on Nov. 19. Sometimes it still doesn't seem real.
John's mom and dad were just here in July, and he seemed like a healthy, energetic 74 year old. Then, in September, he started a "cough." At first, they were treating him for bronchitis...that wasn't going away. It got progressively worse. A couple of weeks before he died, they said it was possibly pulmonary fibrosis. He started on a oxygen tank at home on Nov. 6th. On Sunday, Nov. 8th, he went to the hospital because he was having such a difficult time breathing. I think it was Tues. that he was told he had full-blown lung cancer. John had a flight scheduled to go to Florida on Thursday morning; unfortunately, his dad passed away Wed. afternoon.
He was such a larger than life person. He's greatly missed by out family!
My dad went to the hospital on Monday, Nov. 9th...the day after John's dad had entered the hospital. He was having great difficulty breathing...fluid in his lungs. He was 87, had bladder cancer, and had suffered a stroke two and a half years ago. At this point, he was very weak. He had the health conditions, and he hadn't been eating much. At the hospital, they gave him something to help relieve the fluid on his lungs, an antibiotic, and blood (his blood count was low...he was losing blood through his bladder). He came home on Friday with the hospital bed was set up in my parents living room; Hospice was helping out. He went downhill rapidly. I'm thankful that I was able to be with him during this time--I took off work---but it was also so difficult seeing the process of death. Tuesday morning till around noon was the last time his eyes were open, and he could attempt to say something. Wednesday morning, his eyebrows moved slightly when I tried talking to him. Thursday morning, his breathing was slowing down, and he passed away around 9:30.
I know he was 87--that's considered a long life--but it just didn't seem long enough for me.
I feel like there aren't many people who know our boys...really know them. It's not only hard losing as our Dads, but these men were also Grandpas who loved and accepted our boys for who they were.