the latest update on grandaddy

so the latest grandaddy update... a few days after he was taken off the respirator, he was put back on becuase they felt he was working too hard ot breathe. he consented to be put back on the respirator and feeding tube.
they found the specific virus that was causing allsorts of problems so they found the specific medicine to kill that virus. so hopefully he would be off the respirator in a few days.
few days passed. and they couldn't get the white blood cells to stop doubling. so his body still felt the need to fight and call in reinforcements. they flew him to phoenix from payson.
when they got to phoenix they did some work but basically told mom and grandmother to say goodbye. it might not happen that night but it would happen soon.
my sister called with the phone number into the hospital and what room he was in. within about half an hour? grandaddy died. mom and grandmother were there at his side. that was the 19th of january
they determined the germ that set in motion the pneumonia, was the same flu germ from the epidemic of 1918.
uncle randy and aunt betsy flew in form salt lake to phoenix and probably drove from phoenix to tonto. grandaddy's being cremated. he should be odne and ready to pick up tomorrow. billie june is done too, so they'll pick them both up. right now what everyone is doing is packing the house. grandmother wants to come home NOW. she is ready. billie june is gone. grandaddy is gone. she wants to go back to dalton. it sounds like the house in arizona is just going to be sold along with billie june's house.
they plan on being on their way in about ten days. pack the car full to the gills of stuff then have someone ship it out to dalton pa. mom and grandmother will fly to philadelphia or scranton from phoenix...

it just hit us hard. and to those who have been so kind to keep us in their prayers, thank you. you have no idea how much it means. my friend emailed me and let me know that she hadnt forgotten us or ignored us.. but that she had been in london for a few days, and prayed for us in westminster abbey... to quote her, "i know catholic isn't your religion or mine, but God is God no matter where you find him."

here at home everyone is still sick. rylan has influenza B. but he is making great strides. his fever has been gone for a few days... i have a sinus infection that came back for an encore, but antibiotics are good. tom may have to go back to the doctor because he is stll sick and can't shake the cough. but it's going to be ok.
but all in all, things are ok. classes are going well. i have one class full of guys so it's fun. i think all of them will be a lot of fun. so i have high hopes.

tree came down yesterday. we upt the room back together. i have been getting antsy about cleaning and tidying up and just eliminating unneccessaries..

unusually warm weather... i dream of a rose garden...