I stayed with Dad till about 4:30am last night. He had rattling in his lungs however they came in and sucked it out and gave him his meds and he then drifted off in to a good sleep. As he drifted off, he asked me to go home and rest in case he needed me back there again later. He asked me to give them my phone number and tell them if he said to them "call" they would know to call me and I was to come in and set. He figured this out on his own and told me his plan, so he is still "putting" things together. He did have a tough early part of the night with his lungs filling with fluid, however, they did suction it off and gave him latex and that helped a bunch. He is in good spirits and resting comfortably. Sometimes the weight of it all gets to him, but overall he is at peace. He did feel a lot better this am when I left. at this writing I have not talked with anyone to see how he is doing, but the call did not come during the night, and that is good! Please remember him in your prayers. And Mom and Marilyn too.
............... Phillip, Heather, Jonathan, and Jacob were there yesterday all at one time and all stood around his bed... and he told me last night... in tears... that it was great to have such wonderful loving grandchildren. He said he bet there were lots of grandparents who never see all their grandkids at one time!! So he knows, and cares, and loves........ He looks at the wall where we have a picture taken at Christmas 2003 blown up so he can see... and mumbles how it is amazing all those folks in it came from "me and your mother"! It is a wonderful comfort for him to be able to see it still.
All for now.. more later.. as day progresses.
Love to all... Stan
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