Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Final Post

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I think I've attempted this final post about thirty times.  As I'm sure you can understand, closing down the blog means the end of a...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

New Service Time at Ft. McPherson - 2:30 Wednesday November 4th

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We have rescheduled the services at Ft. McPherson.  They will now be at 2:30PM tomorrow (Wednesday) November 4th.  We will be driving in fro...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Snowed In (out) of Ft. McPherson

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2 feet of snow on the ground and a closed interstate changed our plans this morning.  We will reschedule the burial for next week once the w...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

More on the service this weekend; watching weather for the burial tomorrow

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All, An overwhelming day with the funeral mass and the wake service last night.  One final part remains - the burial at Ft. McPherson.  It...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Obituary and final arrangements for Ft. McPherson Friday

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Roger L. Dillon Roger L. Dillon, 65, of Omaha, formerly of North Platte, passed away Oct. 20, 2009. Our loving husband, father, and gr...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

We are well fed, and getting ready for the service

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Thanks to you all for bringing everything from homemade banana bread to sloppy joes to spare ribs/corn/potatoes. . .and that's just been...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Sometimes kids say it better than adults

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The unenviable job fell to Tracy and Rich today to tell the kids about Grandpa's going to Heaven. Their reactions brought the house dow...
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Services are being finalized

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Thank you all for the outpouring of love and support in the past 12 hours. We are humbled, and overwhelmed, with all of the friends and fam...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Dad has found peace. The fight is over.

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It's beyond difficult for me to deliver this news, but we lost Dad around 6:30PM tonight. His color had been changing and his breathing...
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Starting to decline further

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Dad now has hiccups all the time, and is very congested. His coloring has changed for the worse in the past hour or two, and we really don...

Pretty comfortable night, hiccups interrupted me more than him

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My praise for Brookestone continues. They have set aside a family room (which is a full room, with a bed and recliner and bathroom) for fam...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Comfortable, "hours to days" left

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We had a much better day with keeping Dad comfortable, which is much more comfortable for all of us in the room. We moved over to hospice ca...

Similar to last night, no major change this morning

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Already had a stream of visitors this morning. Cousins Aimee and Wade brought up a box of LaMars donuts, which went over well in the room....
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Finally seems somewhat comfortable

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After several doses of morphine, some ativan, tylenol (for the fever), and a hot water bottle around his neck, Dad seems to be fairly comfor...

Still working to get him comfortable

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What a difference 12 hours makes. He seems quite a bit more agitated, exhibiting Cheyne-Stokes breathing (where he takes decreasingly deep ...

Starting morphine to get him more comfortable

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Mom just talked to the nurse at Brookestone. The decline has continued, and Dad is no longer taking water or medication. He seems to be a ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

More of the same, getting harder to understand

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Spend a good part of the early afternoon with Dad today. He was a bit more restless today, especially this afternoon. He really can't ...
Friday, October 16, 2009

All cleaned up, lots of sleeping

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Made it back to Omaha this evening. Dad looked better than he did on Tuesday night, probably because they had shaved him and changed his li...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Old Neighbors Reunite

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It's always good to see familiar faces. But when it's not planned, it's even better. Our old neighbor (and grandfather to good...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

About the same as last night

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Things with Dad continue to not be good. He's not really responding to questions or commands, but yet is still able to wake up enough t...