I'm back... sorry for the lag...

I know its has been a while since I posted and I'm sorry. It has been crazy over here. Just to bring you up to speed a bit, we just about lost dad on the day of my last post. We even had a priest here giving him his last rites. The nurse came and said that he would not last through the night and my whole family was here. It was a gut wrenching day full of tears. At about 3:30 in the morning, he opened his eyes and something like "I lost an entire day". I was sound asleep and didn't know this until the next morning when I walked into the hallway and peeked into the room with my brother Joe who had spent the night here. We looked in the room and saw my mother next to him and heard my dad's voice saying "who are those people?" He couldn't make out who was there. Those words were music to my ears and I shed a tear. This was about 2 weeks ago and by all opinions by the nurse and aid, my dad should not have lasted but he did. He is kind of in and out of lucidity but we all think that it is the medication causing that. My dad is a fighter and he won the latest battle.

This is a war that he cant win though and we all know this. At this point, every day is a gift and we all know this too. There is no way of knowing how much time we have left. My mom is a mess not only because of the situation, but because she does not sleep at night. Dad moans and calls her all night long. Not that he is in much pain, but because I think he feels all alone. He has been in that bed in the same position for months and he gets stiff and that hurts. In any case, he had a good day yesterday. He was awake and aware and I gave him a shave. I hope today goes well too.

Thats all for now. I will try to update as much as I can.
See ya...