Every moment that we are together,

I am learning something,

And that knowledge becomes a permanent part of me.

Though my feelings will be different a year from now,

Or ten years from now, part of the difference is You.

Because of you, I am a different person,

And ( Read more... )

We have scheduled the memorial service for Monday, July 17th at 7pm, with a reception to follow.

The service will be held at the Birmingham Unitarian Church at:
38651 Woodward Avenue (at Lone Pine Road)
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
248-647-2380

If anyone would like to give a gift to our family, we would request that you do so by making a donation, in the ( Read more... )

At approximately 5:35am on July 12th, 2006, my father, Dick Trombley, passed away.  He died peacefully in his own home, surrounded by loved ones, looking out towards the lake that our family built its house upon ( Read more... )

At some point in the past 36 hours, things took a violent turn for the worse.  He started feeling significantly more pain, and as a result, we have increased his pain medication dosages.  He has entered the pre-active stage of dying.  He is no longer eating or drinking at all, and he is persistently unresponsive.  He isn't talking at all, or ( Read more... )

Sorry it has been so long since we have posted. Being home with people visiting daily has kept us pretty busy in the past two weeks. Things are steady over here. We recently have gotten some medical equipment delivered to the house, a shower chair, a reclining wheelchair, and a lift to get him out of bed. The nurse aids come by once or twice a week ( Read more... )

Some days are better than others (where the worse ones are emotional irritability, not physical pain).  He's sleeping a lot the past few days; his sense of time is skewed because of this, but he is still very much aware of everything going on around him.  Having visitors has been very nice ( Read more... )

For those who don't already know, Dick is back home in Wixom.  We have a hospital bed set up in the master bedroom overlooking the lake.  There is a few chairs in there as well as a twin bed for someone to sleep in the same room with him.   Many people have been coming to see him and they have made him so happy... all of us happy.

We know things ( Read more... )

Dad is currently doing very well. Since he has been back his medications have been changed by his physicians. They seem to be doing a good job at keeping him very lucid, more so than ever actually, while minimizing his side effects. Dad is talking as good as ever, however, he is expereincing some disorientation at times and his peripheral vision ( Read more... )

Now that Dad is settled in you are all welcome to coma and visit. Dad is staying in room 472 at Botsford Hospital.

Amir

Dick made it back with no additional complications.  He is exhausted, which is to be expected, but the important thing is that he's home.

He'll be at the hospital for at least a little while.  More details will come at a later time.  For now, we're letting the doctors do their thing and giving him some time to rest after the flight.

~ Robin