Ken Satterlee
Born – 3/24/1938
Died – 4/7/2014

Bev Satterlee
Born – 2/12/1940
Died – 9/7/2014

Journal Entries

  • A Final Letter To Dad

    Dear Dad,   On Monday, April 7, 2014 just a few minutes before 9:00am you took your last breath.  We knew this would happen, eventually, when we brought you home the previous Friday.  You were happy to be coming home. …

  • Dad… who knew he moonlighted as the Energizer Bunny?

    Dad is still tickin’ and I am sure he is just giving us a chance to savor every moment.. lol As of about midnight last night, he is no longer responding to us.  He is sleeping peacefully and even though…

  • One moment at a time!!!

    I am finding out moment by moment that I am capable of handling just about anything.  That no matter how bad the crisis seems, we will get through it okay.  It has been one whole day since dad came home.…

  • Facing the Hospice Decision?

    I just got a crash course in hospice care as my parents decided my father should come home with the help of hospice.  Given that we did not foresee this as something we would need for dad, we did not…

  • Dad coming home with hospice

    We had high hopes that dad would get better, but sadly that is not going to be the case it appears.  He took a turn for the worse last night and he says he is done and wants to come…

  • Does dad want to get well?

    This is a question my sister has been grappling with lately.  I can certainly understand my sister’s frustration with my father and his attitude.  While it is possible that what dad is feeling is as simple as him not wanting…

  • When it rains, it pours…

    When it rains, it pours… pours the sweet cleansing healing rains that is 🙂 Again this will be a double day post.  I really feeling like going to sleep right now, but I don’t want to have to do a…

  • Two steps forward, One step back

    I failed to blog again yesterday 🙁 Today’s blog is a bit early and will have to cover yesterday and today.  Yesterday morning one of the doctors from the hospital called me up and wanted to fill me in on…

  • Pneumonia or COPD or Pulmonary Fibrosis?

    During my visit with dad today, I got to talking with the nurse he has had the past two days.  I told her that I had prepared some questions for the doctor and wanted to know if she could get…