DIS Dads DDC XXXI: Nice to have Friends Around the Globe, Even Tim! Happy Holidays!

[USAFdad]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

You have my prayers and thoughts. I hope your Christmas goes as well as possible. I can't imagine what your going through.

 

[Maroonag1]

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

Sorry to hear the news. Thoughts and prayers.

 

[budamacdvcr]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

So sorry for you and your family, prayers for your Dad and family. We are here for you Brent.

 

[wasnotafan]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

Brent, prayers for you and your family. Your dad sounds like a wonderful man who raised a good family.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

You've got virtual hugs from 700+ of us coming up north Brent.

 

[cj9200]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on...

Tough news to take. Hang in there, you and your family are in our thoughts.

 

[AirGoofy]

I should go and check it out because we have talked about it but it seems like it would cost alot. Maybe I should go to the forum and not clog here to ask questions. To me at the moment it just seems really confusing.
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You are welcome to post stuff here, as we don't have a topic. I think the subforum was started so that one could find info more easily, especially after a thread closing.

It isn't all that confusing once you get into it. You may have better discounts with what you have. For us, after our 4th consecutive visit, we knew we would keep returning to WDW annually on vacation. So, DVC was a way of pre-paying vacations for 35 years, staying at nicer resorts than the AllStars or Pop. I just consider the other trips as a bonus.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

Thanks guys

You've got virtual hugs from 700+ of us coming up north Brent.

Aw man, I hope I don't have to pay duty at the border.

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[BigTikiDaddy]

Crazy as this sounds, but for the moment, I'm at work. As said, Pops is tired of is standing around waiting for him to go. Going to leave soon though as it's starting to get hard, but I'll get things prepped for me to be absent for a bit. Brother might stop by, I'll head out with him.

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[twokids0204]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

Man Brent, that's a tough thing to watch.

At least you can take solace in knowing that he is content and was able to say his piece before moving on.

Be strong for your Mom and Girls.

 

[USAFdad]

You are welcome to post stuff here, as we don't have a topic. I think the subforum was started so that one could find info more easily, especially after a thread closing.

It isn't all that confusing once you get into it. You may have better discounts with what you have. For us, after our 4th consecutive visit, we knew we would keep returning to WDW annually on vacation. So, DVC was a way of pre-paying vacations for 35 years, staying at nicer resorts than the AllStars or Pop. I just consider the other trips as a bonus.

What would you say that it costs you per trip for room only? I kind of want to look into it but my wife thinks we would do better by using the military discount.... at the moment I think when we can get the discount it is 30% off value 35% off moderate and 40% off deluxe rooms but I wonder if we would save money by getting DVC because we know we will always want to go back to the world. I feel like I'm really off on the value and moderate but I think the deluxe is right.

Can't points be rented too? Can anyone rent them or just other DVC members?

 

[that's nice]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

Still praying Brent.

 

[that's nice]

What would you say that it costs you per trip for room only? I kind of want to look into it but my wife thinks we would do better by using the military discount.... at the moment I think when we can get the discount it is 30% off value 35% off moderate and 40% off deluxe rooms but I wonder if we would save money by getting DVC because we know we will always want to go back to the world. I feel like I'm really off on the value and moderate but I think the deluxe is right.

Can't points be rented too? Can anyone rent them or just other DVC members?

Check out the DCV talk sub forum her in the DISDads forum. There is a lot of good info in there.

The reasons we are looking into DVC is that we are now a family of 5, we'd like to be able to cook in the room, doing laundry in the room is a plus, having more space is very appealing, and the DVC resorts as a whole are much better than POP. Don't get me wrong, I love me some POP, but it doesn't compare.

 

[mm1971]

Well, I now have a new phone. That was an unexpected $100 bill at Christmas time. I guess three years with that food was good enough. Now, the vacuum cleaner, tv, garage door opener, one vehicle transmission, and dishwasher need to be replaced. I need to cancel Disney vacations or donate plasma.

You know it's plasma, right?

24 - 20 Booo-Yahhh!

Congratulations CJ! Now we owe each other. Will need to catch up when I am there in August 2014 or I may be down for a conference sooner. The fins are sitting in that final playoff spot. May they be lucky enough to hold onto it.

The scary thing is that I think the injuries have finally caught up to them. They managed to pull out a few last minute wins the last few weeks and I thought they would do it again yesterday, but the luck had to run out some time. They are a playoff team and will win the AFC East, but let's just say my expectations have been downgraded once the playoffs hit. Defense is just too worn down and the offense can't seem to get it together consistently.

Congrats CJ. Must be fun to get that excited over a regular season game. I can't really remember those days, but I'm sure we did the same thing.

Skins lost again..... It was so close tho 1 point sad face.

I think it was on purpose. Schotty is doing everything he can to get fired at this point. No one goes for 2 in that situation with the new OT rules. Sticking it to Schneider will be a weekly event.

That's my cowboys. They managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Tony Romo in December……….enough said.

 

[mm1971]

Going to try to catch a bit of sleep now, as those on the FB know, it's literally just a matter of time now. Dad's lungs can no longer get the required oxygen needed to go on. Was called out to the hospital today around 3 to hurry over. Things suddenly turned around. At one point we wern't sure he'd hang on for my younger brother to make it, but he did and there was a very surreal family moment as Dad said his peace with us all. He has admitted that he's ready to give up the fight, he's done what he could. Back to cracking jokes too, telling stories and giving us instructions what to do. He got down some tea and orange juice. He is at peace with this all. Funniest thing though, is that the blood/oxygen rate etc. has been stable since, but he's pretty much on 100% oxygen now, and drinking liquids are not affecting him like before.

Around 9 or so, my brother and I left the bedside vigil, Dad does not want to break down in front of everyone, and as much as he wants us around, and as much as we want every last minute with him, it's not helping him by us sitting around waiting for the inevitable. My brother and I checked on the house for Mom and and sat there for a bit and cried. Just checked in with my sister, he's still hanging on, but sleeping a lot, and wants it over with now. He's made his peace with everyone.

Right now I'm fairly calm all things considered. I've been a mess a good chunk of the night, but right now I'm back in check. Going to try to sleep a little, the next few days are going to be rough. My brother and I agreed to do what we can to keep it Christmas for the kids. Dad agrees with us, we need to "look after his girls".

Thank you to everyone for helping with the thoughts and prayers, and I know DW is my rock right now, but your support has/is been wonderful. May God bless you, everyone.


Love you Dad...

Brent, prayers for you, your dad and your family!

 

[USAFdad]

Check out the DCV talk sub forum her in the DISDads forum. There is a lot of good info in there.

The reasons we are looking into DVC is that we are now a family of 5, we'd like to be able to cook in the room, doing laundry in the room is a plus, having more space is very appealing, and the DVC resorts as a whole are much better than POP. Don't get me wrong, I love me some POP, but it doesn't compare.

Yeah I didnt mind Pop the best thing though for me was it having it's own bus. the thought of being able to stay at a deluxe every time is appealing.

I think it was on purpose. Schotty is doing everything he can to get fired at this point. No one goes for 2 in that situation with the new OT rules. Sticking it to Schneider will be a weekly event.

Yeah. When I saw that they lost by one point I was very confused

Tony Romo in December……….enough said.

Sounds about right to me

 

[declansdad]

Tony Romo in December……….enough said.

You forgot to add Jason Garrett as a head coach.

 

[mm1971]

You forgot to add Jason Garrett as a head coach.

Nope. Not yesterday. Garrett clearly stated in his press conference that he called a running play. Way to throw your QB under the bus coach.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

You forgot to add Jason Garrett as a head coach.

Nope. Not yesterday. Garrett clearly stated in his press conference that he called a running play. Way to throw your QB under the bus coach.

Mrs. Garrett?

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[declansdad]

Nope. Not yesterday. Garrett clearly stated in his press conference that he called a running play. Way to throw your QB under the bus coach.

I think you could keep Garrett on the list for every month that Cowboys play.