I'm beat.  The night did not go well for him.  He kept waking up every couple of hours.

The rest of my family showed up around 10:30, letting me go back home to take a nap, which is what I'm about to do.  I hope his day goes as well as yesterday, and certainly better than he was through the night.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better

~ Robin

Robin is staying overnight at the hospital, i will do it tomorrow night as we are taking turns.

Things have seemed to calm down since yesterday, we spoke to the medical director of the palliative care unit this morning, he came to clear up any more questions/confusion still present about Dad's condition.  First thing he did inform us was that it ( Read more... )

We  have to let him go.  Early this afternoon (mid-morning for those in the states), the doctor sat down with all of us and delivered the harsh reality of the situation.  The only thing we can do for him is send him off as painlessly as posible.  There's no way to tell exactly how long this will take, but we do know that it is imposible to treat ( Read more... )

Robin just called. The headaches are worse and so is the nausea. The doctors are keeping Dick sedated.The family requests that all well wishers not attempt to call or contact them at this time. Please leave your messages and good wishes on the site and these will be passed on to Dick each day.
Thanks

We're all very scared.  Apparently he has a massive headache and threw up (very worryiome).  He got doped up on morphene and is going down for another CT scan.

more later...we're off.

~ Robin

This journal has been created to share the life events of Richard J. Trombley, known to all his friends as Dick.  This will be periodically updated by various members of the family.  Currently, you are hearing from his eldest son, Robin.  Hi!

As most of you all know, my mom and dad (Dick and Tuni) left for a two week holiday throughout Europe.  The ( Read more... )