Mornin' guys.
I just received a call from my dad telling me that my grandfather passed away last night. Last Thursday he took a fall and broke his clavicle. Saturday he was sent to the hospital because he had uncontrolled vomiting due to the meds he was on. They also found he had a touch of pneumonia.
Is it wrong that I am not overly sad? My grandfather was 96 years old. He lost my grandmother to alzheimer's about 12 years ago. It was so hard watching her decline. She had to go into a nursing home and he was there everyday from morning to night. He was heartbroken when she passed. He has been living with my dad for about 6 years. He was really slowing down, he has fallen a few times over the last year and wasn't steady on his feet anymore. He had glaucoma, had to do breathing treatments 4 times day, and had to take numerous pills every day.
He was a WWII vet. He was the captain on oyster boat in Long Island Sound for a number of years. He was a recovered alcoholic and hadn't touched a drink in over 50 years. He cared for his 3 sons, his 8 grandchildren, and his 7 great grandchildren.
He will be missed but I know he is in a better place with my grandmother.
Here is a picture of 4 generations taken this summer after Christopher's baptism.
Mornin' guys.
I just received a call from my dad telling me that my grandfather passed away last night. Last Thursday he took a fall and broke his clavicle. Saturday he was sent to the hospital because he had uncontrolled vomiting due to the meds he was on. They also found he had a touch of pneumonia.
Is it wrong that I am not overly sad? My grandfather was 96 years old. He lost my grandmother to alzheimer's about 12 years ago. It was so hard watching her decline. She had to go into a nursing home and he was there everyday from morning to night. He was heartbroken when she passed. He has been living with my dad for about 6 years. He was really slowing down, he has fallen a few times over the last year and wasn't steady on his feet anymore. He had glaucoma, had to do breathing treatments 4 times day, and had to take numerous pills every day.
He was a WWII vet. He was the captain on oyster boat in Long Island Sound for a number of years. He was a recovered alcoholic and hadn't touched a drink in over 50 years. He cared for his 3 sons, his 8 grandchildren, and his 7 great grandchildren.
He will be missed but I know he is in a better place with my grandmother.
Here is a picture of 4 generations taken this summer after Christopher's baptism.
this is almost as fun as me getting a physical and telling the doctor you go to school for those years to put that finger where ?????Morning all!
We used to have twice a year "random" drug tests at work. We were all standing in the hallway across from one of the corporate bathrooms and the new HR person (it's always the new person) gives us the instructions on what to do after we go into the bathroom. Then asks if there are any questions, I tried to contain myself but couldn't, I raised my had and said:
"Will the lotion and magazines be provided or should we have brought our own?"
That was the last time I was "Randomly" selected.
Mornin' guys.
I just received a call from my dad telling me that my grandfather passed away last night. Last Thursday he took a fall and broke his clavicle. Saturday he was sent to the hospital because he had uncontrolled vomiting due to the meds he was on. They also found he had a touch of pneumonia.
Is it wrong that I am not overly sad? My grandfather was 96 years old. He lost my grandmother to alzheimer's about 12 years ago. It was so hard watching her decline. She had to go into a nursing home and he was there everyday from morning to night. He was heartbroken when she passed. He has been living with my dad for about 6 years. He was really slowing down, he has fallen a few times over the last year and wasn't steady on his feet anymore. He had glaucoma, had to do breathing treatments 4 times day, and had to take numerous pills every day.
He was a WWII vet. He was the captain on oyster boat in Long Island Sound for a number of years. He was a recovered alcoholic and hadn't touched a drink in over 50 years. He cared for his 3 sons, his 8 grandchildren, and his 7 great grandchildren.
He will be missed but I know he is in a better place with my grandmother.
Here is a picture of 4 generations taken this summer after Christopher's baptism.
Prayers and many thoughts to you and your family I love this time of year it is a great time
Thanks for asking! My MIL is showing slight improvement. They've almost completely weaned her off the blood pressure medication and she's doing fairly well keeping the BP steady on her own. She is still on a ventilator and sedated. They tried weaning her off the ventilator yesterday but she started to have trouble, so they put her back on. So it's been a week of small victories with a long way to go yet. I think she's still technically in "critical" condition. But she's better than she was at the beginning of the week. We're exhausted from all the driving to/from the hospital, etc.
My FIL is...still troubling us. We're really trying to figure out just how bad his mental faculties are. My wife stayed home Wednesday rather than traveling down to the hospital. She called him that day to see how his physical therapy had gone. Turns out, he didn't make it. Even though they offer a shuttle service, he tried to drive himself...and got lost.I guess my MIL went downhill fairly quickly after he got back home, and we haven't been over there to take away his keys yet. Very stubborn man, even when not thinking straight.
Top it off with stress at work and this month has been one big Peanut Butter and Beverly Sandwich!
Bummer Mike! I'm there 30-May 3. Close, but not close enough...
I met Trnnr and his oldest boy a while ago at the Welcome Center....
The A/C went out in his van somewhere in SC, so they're ready to get to WDW and get started. He'll have to post the pic later since I was without a camera---because my car with all my stuff in it is at the shop with a broken rear brake rotor...
Gotta' love that Charger sometimes
A broken brake rotor? Me thinks someone's been watching a little too much Dukes of Hazard...
Got word today that the Bride was able to get a reservation for Ohana's for the rehearsal dinner. Its for 27 people, but I've been assured that my family is 5 of that, so that's all I needed.
(thumbs)
Just the thought of hangin' out with your family makes me 
, and then the thought of NOT being able to do so, makes me very 
all over again. I wonder 
if I could convince everyone that we need at least another day or two... hmmm ... it's not like I have to rush home to a job - I'll have my computer with me, and can do whatever I need to do in the mornings there while the family sleeps in... hmmm 
