He has declined markedly from two days ago when I saw him.
Dawn is having a hard time. She was there with him when we got there.
Dawn and I went down to the nurses station to ask some questions. She had not heard from the doctor that day. The doctor had been there earlier in the morning.
While we were there we mentioned some of our concerns. His speech was slurred. He had pain in his hip. He was not clear and sharp.
The nurses came down to check him out a bit.
One of the questions that she asked was "Do you know who this (Dawn) is?"
Ron, with no frustration at such an odd question, said,"Oh yes, she is my sweetheart of sweethearts."
Craig and I talked on the ride back. It is time to spend as much time with Ron as we can, because we don't think we will have him for much longer.
Here are a few pictures of one of the best men that I know.
His hand is in an elastic glove. It is still swollen from the blood clot. He can't hardly lift his head, but he tried for the camera.
Dawn is trying to be so brave. But she is bracing herself for what she knows is coming. They have been together for almost 60 years. That is a long time. And they have been wonderful years for them.
Tomorrow, I will take the boys up to say hi. That is if he makes it through the night. He was seeing things that we couldn't see when we were there. Craig was able to follow a lot more of what he said, my hearing is bad. Craig thought a few times that that was it.
We are grateful that he hung on long enough to see Thea.
He has lived a good life.
It is time for him to return with honor.
He has a lot of people waiting for him.
This is just hard.
