Indian Doctor

Today's story

Dot not the Feather (more to come)
Today I am on my way to take Grandma for her MRI

Other stories

1. The vixens
2. The note he had me rewrite
3. Presents
4. John Wayne
5. Wednesday Night with Grandpa
6. Thursday, May21st Night Talked to Grandma
7. Friday, May 22nd Night Fell asleep
8. Saturday, May 23rd night talked to Grandpa on cell phone
9. Sunday, May 24th night talked to Grandpa on cell phone
9. Monday, May 25th The decission
10. Friday May 1st St. Marks
11. Saturday May 2nd Woodlands
12. Sunday, May 3rd Woodlands
13. Sunday, May 3rd Ambulance ride
14. Sunday, May 3rd Uof U emergency room and ICU
15. Monday, May 4th ICU
16. Tuesday, May 5th ICU
17. Wednesday, May 6th ICU
18. Thursday, May 7th visit in the day back that night when Grandpa got put on ventilator.
19. Friday, May 8th a whole new day!
20. Saturday, May 9th
21. Sunday, May 10th Mothers day
22. Monday, May 11th Switched over to trach?
23. Tuesday, May 12th
24. Wednesday, May 13th
25. Thursday, May14th Moved to Intermediate care
26. Friday, May15th Me and Chad's visit Hard night
27. Saturday, May 16th Danika's Dance
28. Sunday, May 17th New room
29. Monday, May 18th day visit
30. Tuesday, May 19th
31. Wednesday, May 20th Last personal visit
32. Sunday, April 28th Phone call proud of Danika for running for Student Body President

New Orleans

Grandpa shared this story with me on Friday, May 1, 2009 When he was at St. Marks hospital. The nurse had come in to change his IV and she had told him to look away, but he said he wanted to watch to see that she did it right as he was watching her do this he shared the following story with us.


Grandpas New Orleans story:

He talked about the time that he and Grandma had gone to New Orleans with their friends Mike and Peggy and they had got to the airport early and there was lots of shopping for the women so he went into a bar and sat at a table. While he was there he saw a guy who had ordered a nice looking hamburger so he said to the waitress I'll take one of those and then he got up to go to the restroom when he came back sitting at his table eating his burger was a large black man and Grandpa said " That's my burger" and the guy said "I don't see your name on it "about the same time a security guard had come in and the man sitting eating Grandpas burger had a brown paper bag sitting next to him and Grandpa picked up the bag and started to walk out the man said to grandpa that's my bag grandpa took the bag up by his face and said I don't see your name on it and continued on to the plane. About that time I am thinking what was in the bag? And Grandpa said do you want to know what was in the bag and me and the nurse both said YES and he said The same bunch of "Bullshit" that I am feeding you.
Me and the nurse both got a good laugh out of it.
My Grandpa could tell stories and remember jokes like no one else I know. His mind was amazing.

Grandpas Obituary

Joseph "D" McOmie
Joseph "D" McOmie 2/14/1930 ~ 5/25/2009 Loving husband, father, grand-father, great-grandfather.Dad was a great story teller with a wonderful sense of humor. He had a joke for every occasion. He was a Corpsman in the US Navy, a volunteer Range Officer at the Lee Kay Center, and a school crossing guard in Kearns for several years. Some of his best times were camping with his family and friends, especially at "THE PROPERTY". Preceded in death by son, Mike; daughter, Cynthia Ann; granddaughter, Brenda; sister, Marilyn. Survived by wife of 60 years, Carol; daughter, Kathy (Steve) Guevara; sons, Don (Ellen), Jeff (Marianne), Corey (Tami); daughter-in-law, Stephanie; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Luana, Dave, Karilyn and Jim. Private family service. In lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the Humane Society of Utah or Best Friends Animal Sanctuary of Kanab.

Other stories I want to share

1. New Orleans
2. The Cucumbers
3. The Woodlands
4. My Bride
5. Truancy officer
6. Frozen horse trough
7. Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson
8. Bad notes on the Guitar
9. 3 rooms and a path
10. Grandpa and the dog
11. chores
12. Dimes
And I am sure lots more.

Tuesday Night with Grandpa

Last night we took Grandma up to spend the night with Grandpa. When I picked Grandma up I had said to Jeff and Sid "No big parties while the parents are out for the night" We all laughed. When we got to the hospital I shared this with Grandpa and he smiled. Last night the mucus was giving grandpa a lot of trouble he was using the suction tube alot and coughing up a lot of gunk he has gotten really good at doing the mouth suction himself he can turn it on and off and suction out his own mouth. When the nurse came in he was telling her about Him and Danika being born on the same day and I said they are our Valentine babies and the nurse (I think Ashley) shared with us that her and her Grandpa were born on the same day also.

Monday afternoon with Grandpa

As I was pulling into the parking lot Dad and Ellen were pulling out. When I got to Grandpas room he said you just missed your dad and I shared with him how funny it was that I was pulling into the parking garage as they were pulling out. I love my one on one time with Grandpa I could just sit there for hours and hold his hand. I sit and hold his hand and he sleeps a little and when he wants to talk we talk. Today he was doing great writing on the notebook he wrote "When I need to B suchened and get it done right it seems to last a long time and I can breath easy" then he spelled out on the board will you redo and post So I rewrote it and we showed it to the nurse and posted it on the cabinet. Latter on that afternoon Grandma and Jeff and Sid joined me and soon after that Corey came. It was a little frustrating when the dietitian came in Grandpa does not want to eat after 3:00 , but they don't want to listen to him. He said his Tummy hurts here here and here pointing to the different areas of his stomach and then he wrote on a piece of paper that he also has an ulcer that was bothering him and scar tissue. I hate to see Grandpa frustrated and I am sure he feels like no one is listening to him.
Today his nurse was Phil. Phil was good with Grandpa and would ask him is that all boss.

Sunday Evening with Grandpa

When we got there we said Hi and shared our 3 hand squeezes. We could tell Grandpa was excited to see the pictures he was gesturing like come on show me the pictures. We showed him all the pictures Danika had put them together on the lap top and was explaining them to him he picked one picture that he really liked. As she was going thru the pictures she was telling Grandpa these were taken in the secret garden (Thanksgiving point) and his eyes perked up and he pointed his finger at Danika. I said Grandpa pay close attention to that boys picture so if he tries to take Danika to the secret garden again we will know what he looks like when we need to go and beat him up. Grandpa smiled. This was the day Grandpa was moved from room 8 to room 11. My dad shared with me after they moved Grandpa into the room. They opened the cupboard and there were 2 dimes in the cupboard. ( I will share more about the dimes at a later time) We had a nice visit with Grandpa it is always hard for me to leave the hospital if I had my choice I would stay all the time.

Saturday was a whole new night

When Chad and I arrived on Saturday night we found Grandpa up watching TV with his glasses on what a difference from the night before. We had so much fun Sid had drawn a picture of the Truck and trailer with Property as the Goal Chad added some to the picture by adding Grandma by the trailer with a caption over her head that said"Dee" Grandpa liked that. We went thru our regular routine Nice cold wet cloth for his head, eye drops for his eyes,a good old fashioned foot rub, and lip moisture for his lips I have to not tease Grandpa about his lip moisturizer one day when he was in the ICU I told him it was red lip stick the next time we tried to put it on him he wanted to see the tube first. I am sure he doesn't want us dolling him up. Chad had said to Grandpa when we had first got there "Grandpa you look handsome" I said " Watch out Grandpa Chad said you look handsome"
he put up both fists like he was going to punch Chad. I love to see Grandpas fun personality come out even though he can't talk he sure can communicate. When a nurse I haven't met yet comes in Grandpa points to me and mouths "this is my Granddaughter" and then I introduce myself to the nurse or doctor that comes in. We had brought Grandpa a gift that says "Wordls Greatest Grandpa" he seemed to like it. He had a fun nurse that night her name was Melissa she was fun and spunky Grandpa seems to do better with the fun Nurses and of course he doesnt mind them being cute either. We teased him about getting kisses from the nurses.
I was talking to Grandpa about pulling weeds earlier in the day and how obnoxious the crab grass can be he was agreeing with me and Chad said oh sure when she tells you she worked hard you sympathize with her, but last night I told you I worked hard all week and you played me a little violin . Grandpa smiled and put both of his hands on his hips just like what Chad was doing while he was talking to Grandpa. We all laughed.
Grandpa is great with his had gestures I have found myself using them. He has Hi ,Bye,thumbs up and down, O.K. and a new one I have stated blowing him kisses when I go and he blows kisses back.
We talked to Grandpa about Danika being at the dance and how nervous she got when Connor got here to pick her up. We told him we would bring pictures up tomorrow. He seems to really like when Danika comes to visit.

Our Friday visit with Grandpa

Friday night was a rough night for me. Grandpa was tired and worn out when we first got the he was a little talkative, but by the time we left he wanted so bad to tell us something, but didn't have the energy to do it. He tried to spell it out on his board and would get out one word "how" and then fall back asleep. I love my Grandpa very much and hated to leave for the night without knowing what he was trying to say.

A fun night with Grandpa

Last night Danika and I went to the hospital to visit with Grandpa. We had so much fun he had us laughing out loud. He is so cute and has such a fun personality. When we got there he was awake and we went in and he squeezed our hands three times for those of you that don't know what that means it means "I love you" I had taught Grandpa that on Friday, May 8th after he got put on the ventilator. Danika and I have had that signal for years and I am glad we could share it with Grandpa. When we were there we talked about the baby horse in the pasture at the top of our street .It is so cute and I had talked to Grandpa about the horse on Friday, May 1st when he was at St. Marks and he had shared with me that when horses are born there legs are the length they will be for life. I had not know that My Grandpa is full of all kinds of information. We also talked about Danika going to the prom on Saturday and he shook his finger at her like he was saying "you better behave yourself" and then she showed him her nails that she had gotten done and the glitter that was on them. I am so honored to be able to be there for my Grandpa I have learned alot about him over this hospital stay. Grandpa loves to have his feet rubbed I rubbed them and he put his head back and had a big grin on his face. I told him I don't rub every one's feet and he spelled out on his board " You spoil me" and I told him he deserved it. He also likes his eye drop so I try to put them in for him each day. We also talked about his nurse Nelson that he was glad that he didn't have anymore. He called him 24/7 and Bad Carma.
when we talked about Nelson Last night Grandpa acted out what Nelson would do and he was acting like he was looking around the corner and then waving I guess Nelson would always look in on Grandpa and wave. We laughed when Grandpa did it. It was Hilarious I wish we had a video camera. I was also telling him how this new room he was in was so much nicer than the ICU it looks more like a hotel room with his flat screen TV and all the latest technology and he started acting like he was playing a violin first a big one then a little one. Again we were laughing. Before we left I asked Grandpa could we do anything for him and he poked my arm and Danika said "Does that mean shot" and he shook his head Yes and I said " What do you want a shot of " and he spelled out on his board Morphine and I said to him I thought for sure you would have said Bourbon( I will share a bourbon story later) or Tequila and he shook his head yes like those would be good too. I told him I bet you have the song Jose cuervo in your head and he smiled. As we left Grandpa squoze our hand again and we told him we love him and would see him tomorrow.
I have lots more stories that I can't wait to share. My cute little Grandpa is a great man.