Voni
05-05-2006, 09:09 AM
Saturday, May 13th at 4:30 at the Colorado Springs, CO airport. Details to follow when we know them. :wow
From his daughter, Tisha:
I have been pretty bad sending updates lately...sorry!! Dad is doing great...physical therapy is tough but he is doing it when they make him. He is tolerating being up right much better, although he usually prefers to be laying down. He has truly enjoyed all of the phone calls and cards that he has received from all of his friends...they really brighten his day! Now with luck (plans will be finalized today) he will be home on Saturday May 13th at 4:30pm. Anyone that wants to show up at the Colorado Springs airport to welcome him home is invited to join in this happy moment! He will be tired but I know he would love to see your faces! Hey, if you ride a motorcycle show up on it and follow him to the hospital!!
Thank you for all of your support!!! I know that my dad (and certainly not his family) could not have made it through this "recent unpleasantness" (dad's words to describe this) without all of you!!!
Tisha
And this from his sister:
Thur. 5-4-06 10:30pm CDT~~~~Fri.5-5-06 3:30pm NZ
Well I am flying high and sure that it will only get higher. I just visited with Tony and he is wonderful...feeling good and working harder than ever to get himself ready for his flight home and to his new address in Colorado Springs. He knows that he must go to the hospital and it's for his best interest, he accepts that...maybe not easily but accepts it anyway.
The pool was closed today and he did therapy in his room. He was able to set himself up and get his feet over the side of the bed without assistance.........wow.......he must have really worked for that. I am so proud of him. His treat was they put in wheel chair and he got taken to the coffee shop, he and Ann Marie visited there.While they were there he saw Chris,policeman, come in and she got him to come and join them. Then she let him take Tony outside and enjoy the outdoors. Said it was a lovely day there and he really enjoyed that.Chris was bring him shave cream, he's been shaving with soap.
He told the Dr. today that he intends to get on with his life as he knows it and as soon as possible. He is really thinking right now, clear head and all.
He told me to tell Lee that he put off roofing his house....Lee was glad of that. So that is now a later project.They got a kick out of that at the hospital and couldn't quite believe he was going to do it anyway. They should know by now how he is.
From what he told me the plans have been finalized for him to come home.This has been a long time coming and we are thrilled. Jeff and Matt will get there the 10th/11th. They will spend time with Ann Marie on the 12th and she will show them how they can help him to move and adjust to the plane ride home. Then the early morning of the 13th. they will have a rental van and drive to Christchurch,board the plane for LA and then in LA will change planes heading for Colorado Springs. An ambulance will be waiting to take him to hospital.
He told me he has been so Blessed with so much love and outpouring of well wishes that it just amazes him. He doesn't know where all that comes from. He has touched so many lives in his life that it is all coming back to him, when he needs it.
I can't believe how much lighter my heart feels tonight and it's such a pleasure to wrote this update to you. Thank you again and again and again for all that you have done. The love, support, and Many, Many Prayers.
God Bless You All,
Donna
From his daughter, Tisha:
I have been pretty bad sending updates lately...sorry!! Dad is doing great...physical therapy is tough but he is doing it when they make him. He is tolerating being up right much better, although he usually prefers to be laying down. He has truly enjoyed all of the phone calls and cards that he has received from all of his friends...they really brighten his day! Now with luck (plans will be finalized today) he will be home on Saturday May 13th at 4:30pm. Anyone that wants to show up at the Colorado Springs airport to welcome him home is invited to join in this happy moment! He will be tired but I know he would love to see your faces! Hey, if you ride a motorcycle show up on it and follow him to the hospital!!
Thank you for all of your support!!! I know that my dad (and certainly not his family) could not have made it through this "recent unpleasantness" (dad's words to describe this) without all of you!!!
Tisha
And this from his sister:
Thur. 5-4-06 10:30pm CDT~~~~Fri.5-5-06 3:30pm NZ
Well I am flying high and sure that it will only get higher. I just visited with Tony and he is wonderful...feeling good and working harder than ever to get himself ready for his flight home and to his new address in Colorado Springs. He knows that he must go to the hospital and it's for his best interest, he accepts that...maybe not easily but accepts it anyway.
The pool was closed today and he did therapy in his room. He was able to set himself up and get his feet over the side of the bed without assistance.........wow.......he must have really worked for that. I am so proud of him. His treat was they put in wheel chair and he got taken to the coffee shop, he and Ann Marie visited there.While they were there he saw Chris,policeman, come in and she got him to come and join them. Then she let him take Tony outside and enjoy the outdoors. Said it was a lovely day there and he really enjoyed that.Chris was bring him shave cream, he's been shaving with soap.
He told the Dr. today that he intends to get on with his life as he knows it and as soon as possible. He is really thinking right now, clear head and all.
He told me to tell Lee that he put off roofing his house....Lee was glad of that. So that is now a later project.They got a kick out of that at the hospital and couldn't quite believe he was going to do it anyway. They should know by now how he is.
From what he told me the plans have been finalized for him to come home.This has been a long time coming and we are thrilled. Jeff and Matt will get there the 10th/11th. They will spend time with Ann Marie on the 12th and she will show them how they can help him to move and adjust to the plane ride home. Then the early morning of the 13th. they will have a rental van and drive to Christchurch,board the plane for LA and then in LA will change planes heading for Colorado Springs. An ambulance will be waiting to take him to hospital.
He told me he has been so Blessed with so much love and outpouring of well wishes that it just amazes him. He doesn't know where all that comes from. He has touched so many lives in his life that it is all coming back to him, when he needs it.
I can't believe how much lighter my heart feels tonight and it's such a pleasure to wrote this update to you. Thank you again and again and again for all that you have done. The love, support, and Many, Many Prayers.
God Bless You All,
Donna