Monday morning started out just like every other day, except it was President's day and a day off so my family had traveled up to my in laws cottage, then at 9:28 am I received the call that would change all our lives. My father had collapsed and was unresponsive, no pulse in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. No pulse. Unresponsive. 1.5 hrs away. We made it to our local hospital just as they were taking him to Sparrow Hospital Cardiac Unit. Turns out he had a massive heart attack, 3 blockages. After the stints and balloons, the Doctors. seemed optimistic, with in hours that changed. He had been "down" meaning with oxygen for 11 minutes before the ambulance/paramedics arrived. My mom did CPR and did all she could, but most likely it was already too late. So over the last 3 days, we waited, cried, prayed, prepared...Unable to tell them to stop the drips and machines, we wait. Sorry to say we did have to tell them to stop the drips turn off the respirator administer the morphine and hold his hand as he passed. Then we no longer waited but was put into planning and class and work went to the back burner and was an afterthought. As we mourned, smiled, cried, talked and buried my father on Saturday. Now we must move on hold memories dear, learn to talk about him without crying, he would never want us to wallow in sadness and he would definitely be disappointed if I didn't finish this class or my degree, he was very proud of my education!
So hug your family, live to the fullest, be happy! It really does change all in the blink of an eye!
Balancing Act...Unable to really do anything, can't read, Facebook can only hold one's attention for so long, there's only so much you can do. Why not homework. Good outlet and distraction. Thank goodness this week was Glogster! Fairly easy to do while I whittle away the hours, can complete it from my iPad and I can actually see many of my staff using this in their classroom, too bad it's only a 7 day free trial.
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