Joanne Marie's

Hello all -
I just wanted to let you all know that Daddy could not have scripted his last days better. He moved to Lexington when he could no longer live by himself. He rested well and was able to relax and have others care for him; however he still was doing all of his own transfers from bed to wheelchair and going to the kitchen for meals.
I had to go to Maryland for a work trip at the beginning of last week, so Barbara and Bill were around to visit him sooner than later. Kathy was planning a trip up to Louisville to help pack up his apt and stopped in Lexington first and ended up spending the night on Thursday. Then, Susie came over for a visit on Friday. So, he had almost a week of visits and goodbyes.
After a routine day Thursday night he started having a harder time breathing, so he opted to use the oxygen. I was not surprised that he did not wake up on Friday morning. After Susie left I was with him here until my friend, Derek came by. We repositioned him, ordered a pizza to be delivered.
Then when I checked on him it was obvious his color had faded. I was there to see him take his last breaths, told him goodbye and how much we all loved him. And that was it.
It looks like we will have a celebration of his life/memorial on Sat, May 10 3:00-8:00 pm at Joe Huber's Family Farm and Restaurant in Floyd Knobs IN. This was a place of many starts and finishes of bike rides for Daddy. Love, Joanne