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Monday, April 14, 2008
Grampa said it must be a burned out light or fuse or something I don't remember... I do remember being scared to death! Everything was fine... we had a text book landing... and I kissed the ground when we got out of the plane...
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More old stories about Grampa you may enjoy... and an update
Kameron put these SPY glasses on Grampa a year ago and said
"Grampa your futures so bright you gotta wear shades"
he said "Ok"
As you know I picked Grampa up the week of Thanksgiving and we took him up to the high desert house... In the last couple of months, every time we would arrive at his house, Grampa has been in bed... sitting up reading the paper but lately always in bed... When Candice and I arrived to pick him up for Thanksgiving weekend he wasn't ready, still in PJ's in bed [it was 2pm]
Anyway, the whole time at the high desert house with 18 people up there... Grampa laid on the couch, THE WHOLE TIME totally detached from everything going on around him... I could barely get him to eat... I was worried the whole time... I kinda joked about it saying he was turning into the Grandpa on Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory [you know how the Grandparents were in the house in bed ALL the time and they NEVER got out of bed]
Well anyway... yesterday Sam's sister took Grampa to the Dr. and she basically told her to take him home and let him die comfortably... she has seen the signs before and basically he is ready to go... I guess Grampa was afraid they were going to hospitalize him... "I want to go home, don't let them keep me, I want to go home" Tina said at first she wanted them to hook him up to a feeding tube but then she realized its just his time and he is ready to go...
He has lost 22 pounds since June... He is nothing but skin and bones right now...
Grampa only has 10% of his stomach anyway... He had stomach cancer 35 years ago and they took most of it... So he has to eat every hour a little bit anyway... but he is barely eating now...
So... anyway... that is what is going on with Grampa... he was supposed to come here on December 22nd to the 25th... I don't think that will happen now...
When my kids were little, Grampa would show up here at 3am [after going to midnight mass at his house and driving 2 hours to come here] I would then tape pillows to him and help him with his Santa suit, then he would jingle, jingle bells SO LOUD my kids would wake up, then Santa would give them their presents, we would always have a bigger gift like a bike or something in the garage and he would tell them he left it in there... the kids would race to see what it was and they would hear Grampa saying "On Dancer, On Prancer" and so on outside....
So one year we had to sit Kris down at 13 and tell him who Santa was because he was about to get into a fist fight over it... He just knew there was a Santa, he saw him every year and it wasnt his DAD because his DAD was there when Santa was...
These are the things I will fondly remember about my FIL... 
Whoa.. check out my 80's hair! LOL
This was taken about 1984 or 1985... That was Grampa's plane in the back ground... Sam, Grampa and I went for a plane ride that day... we flew over the Queen Mary, Spruce Goose Building, over Long Beach and San Pedro... Grampa let Sam fly the plane for most of our trip... It was a beautiful day... As we are approaching the Hawthorne airport we have to do a fly by the tower because the landing gear light did not come on.. The tower told us the wheels were down and looked ok!
Grampa said it must be a burned out light or fuse or something I don't remember... I do remember being scared to death! Everything was fine... we had a text book landing... and I kissed the ground when we got out of the plane...
Grampa quit flying about 10 years ago... he has always said he was born too soon... He would give anything to fly those fighter planes in the Navy now...
When he was in WWII he was a fighter pilot... he bombed Iwo Jima... and many more islands in the South Pacific...
Later after the war, he was the personal pilot for the U.S.Ambassador to India. He was gone 2 years doing that... While living in India, he actually shot a Bengal Tiger... he had the rug for years...
[of course they are on the endangered species list now]
That is my Grampa story for today... Hope you enjoyed it...
Tina Sam's sister called last night to say they had to put him on some pain meds... he was uncomfortable.
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I love grandpa stories..too funny about the shades...love the pics.... I hope grandpa is comfortable now and that the pain meds keep him that way...
Keeping him in my prayers....
Hugs
Terri -
I love any grandpa stories...keep telling them. I love you and wish this time was not a sad time. XO
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You have the best stories about Grandpa. You are so lucky to have had him in your lives....and he has been so lucky to have all of you!!!
I hope he's comfortable and that the pain meds helped.
((hugs))
Jeanne -
:D
4/16/08 5:10 AM