Re: update on jim as of 11pm central time/Jan

[Guest guest]

Dear Jan,

You continue to be Jim's rock. I just hope someone is there for you as well.

You know we

are there in spirit.

>

> hello all,

> i am chatting with jan on her call phone yahoo. as of now, jim is only eating

thick soup

that jan cooks, he tries to eat, she said he is trying to cough up mucous and

is unable to.

she says he feels miserable. currently he is holding her hand and wont let go.

she has to

wait till tues to call the doctor and get hospital hospice started. here in

pensacola, we

have 2 hospice companies, and they do the hosp, home, and nh/alf. jim is

talking some

to jan still as he holds her hand. she is typing one handed to me, bless her

heart. i wish i

was able healthwise to fly to jan i would be on plane tomorrow. she is hoping

that jim will

bounce back. jan doesnt know it at the moment, but i am sure she will soon,as i

emaild

her daughters and her best friend about jims worsening condition, as i am

concerned that

she will try to handle this all by herself. she is wanting to call in hospital

hospice but due

to the holidays, she needs to wiat until tues, i am trying to get her to call

Jims regular

doctor tomorrow and see if the on call doctor can help her. (jan i i know you

either know

by now that i emailed your girls and meredith, or you just now found out, but i

am worried

about you.) please everyone pray and send positive thoughts to jan and to jim,

i will

advise as i learn more, hugs to all, sharon m

> --

> I am daugher of Leonard, diagnosed May 2004, probably had lbd since 1993,.Dad

had a

serious fall in 7/05 causing him to hav hip surgery .After that he developed

aspiration

pneumonia 7/05 with pulmonary embolyis, which he almost died from. He had a 2nd

bout

of aspiration pneumonia and uti 8/05. He died when his blood pressure

fluctuations

started dropping without coming back up on 9/25/05,

> may he rest in peace with his mom and dad,

> a smile a day keeps the meanies away

>