Skype

Scott has been using Skype to call people, so I just set up an account and called Scott. Its really neat, its a video phone deal where you can call people's computers. I called his and he set it up so I could see dad and he could see me. He closed his eyes and stuck his tongue out at me. HAHA. Skype rules, I am going to tell Martha to bring back the Mac so we can all call him and see eachother.

He weaned for 12 hours yesterday and they are shooting for 14 hours today. He looked a bit tired.

Beep Beep

I love it!!!

Song Playlist

Scott and I created a song playlist for dad at the bottom of this blog. It will randomly play songs that we either know dad likes, or reminds us of dad. You can click on them and play any of them if you want. If anyone can think of any song suggestions for us to add, that would be awesome!!

This is Scott - I just got to the hospital to see dad. I hoped to be here last night, but there was a delay while we sorted out whether or not Liza was coming with me, so I didn't get into town until almost 11:00pm.

Das was awake and alert when I got here at 9, and they started doing the wean around 9:30. His oxygen levels look good so far, hopefully he can make it several hours today.

I'll be here until tomorrow afternoon, and Martha is coming back up on Tuesday (I think).

I'll be reading dad some of your posts, cards, and letters today, and will attempt to trim his beard, which is getting pretty thick.

Old Post

(This is an old post from a blog I don't ever use anymore, so I thought I would put in on here. This is a great but sad memory I have from last summer when dad was doing really good.)

My dad retired from the Fire Dept in 1993 after joining in 78. He kept active though administratively until this year. He was an integral part of the deptartment's budget and dealings with they city to add new equipment and fire trucks. He has also been there to capture thousands of fire's, car accidents and rescues on camera for training use.

Every year there is an installation of the new officers' dinner and awards ceremony. We were all invited to it, along with all honorary members of the department. Scott Burger is the chief and he kept saying he was going to roast my dad. I would have loved that! But, instead he gave a very emotional speech about my dad's 30 years of service and presented him with a very nice award.

I can remember since I was a little girl, my dad running out of the house to go on rescue calls. Or leaving town in the car and him turning back, racing to get to the station to go on a fire. I spent my whole life asking him about the calls he went on. I had the 7:00 test pager tones memorized. That is why when I turned 19, I followed in his footsteps and I joined and was active for almost 5 years. I moved to Des Moines though and had to get out of it. I joined because of him and I loved every second of it.

So, he deserved the standing ovation he got. I really don't think he was ready to retire, but he had to because of his medical reasons. I am sure that Scott Burger will still find stuff for him to do.

Change of Plans

Scott ended up going by himslef this weekend, I chose to hang back and take Jordan next weekend. It has been a really long time since she has been able to go see him, so this will work out better. I miss him though. :(

FREAK OUT!!

You may have noticed that I changed my background to black a few days ago. I didnt realize when I did so that I got rid of my visitor meter counter. This page has had over 8000 reads since I started it and 11,000 hits. I like to tell dad how many reads he has so he knows how many people are pulling for him. I SPAZZED out. But, after jacking with it for a couple hours, I was able to get it back and it didnt reset. THANK GOD. Its at the bottom of the page if you have never noticed it.