1.12.2006

Goodbye

My dad passed away yesterday.

Please, don't let your loved ones die in a hospital if they would have wanted to die somewhere else.

1.08.2006

Bad News

Well, my dad went into the hospital again on Wednesday. He was breathing funny and his heart was beating irregularly and mom called the ambulance, which drove down our 2 mile driveway to her cramped and cluttered office.

They took him to the hospital.

The doctors say he is in severe respirtory distress and has congestive heart failure. My stepbrother is crying on the phone, and my stepsister is on her way here from Montana. (Grrr.) We slept on the floor of the ICU at St. John's, and my back has never felt worse.