My Hanai Family

Aloha. I hope you all have been well and that you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving and that life is treating you good.

It has been a very trying time for me and my hanai family this last week. A week ago today my hanai brother, Henry, passed away very unexpectedly. As you may have known he had prostate cancer and his back was out of whack. He had the surgery to correct his back in early September and then last week Tuesday, Nov. 15th had his prostate removed. All was going well with his recovery until Friday. To make a long story short, he had dinner Friday night and the nurse asked him if he wanted anything else to eat. He asked for some ice cream and when the nurse came back he was not breathing and had passed away. The autopsy showed that he had clogged arteries and a heart attack ensued. It wouldn’t have matter if he had the surgeries or not it was inevitable.

Myrna, my hanai mom, took it as well as can be expected. Held up very well as a matter of fact. The last month or so she has been in the hospital 3 times with her COPD. They finally said to us that she needed to go into hospice, not to die per say but they can give her what she needs for the rest of her life to help her and not be sending her to the hospital all the time. She finally agreed to that and we started the in home hospice care. After the news of Henry she was doing real good until Monday night. That night she started having a very hard time breathing and started frothing from her mouth. Hospice said that was because her heart couldn’t keep up with all her bodily fluids. So that night we started her on morphine to get her relaxed and help her breathing. Tuesday afternoon she finally woke up and she was an entirely different person. Was happy, was eating, joking around. It was amazing. She was like her old self. Then she started getting tired after a while and went back to sleep. We didn’t give her any more morphine for a while because she was relaxed and breathing okay. Later that night she started gasping for breath so we continued the morphine. Wednesday morning she passed away.

So our Thanksgiving wasn’t very happy around here. Yes we had the kids over and everyone that has been coming over have been so nice and generous. The food and comfort that everyone as given us has been tremendous. I will never be able to say enough thank you’s to them all. Our family is doing as well as can be expected. We are hoping to have the services for both of them next week Saturday. We are going to have the services at the boat ramp and then scatter their ashes in the ocean as we have done with Joey, Schell and Uncle Biggie.

Everything has been a blur since then. I have taken the week off. We were more prepared for Myrna than we were for Henry. That was a real shock to all of us. But as the days go on and as life continues so must we. We have had so much support from everyone and it really helps. Everyone on Google+, Facebook and Twitter have been so supportive as well. So if I can say anything it’s to make sure every day at the end of the day you make sure you take the time to say I love you to all those close to you and don’t take anything for granted. Life is very short and can be a bitch at times. As for me I’m doing good. So no need to worry on that front. The whole family is well. It’s just very sad time for us and things are going to be so different. But we adjust. We have to. Everyone does.

Hey, it’s only my opinion

A Hui Hou

Weekend Reflections – #105

James at Weekend Reflections has a meme called Weekend Reflections. Thank you James for hosting. You can get all the information by clicking on the Weekend Reflections link above.

Wow…two years. James Congratulations. It’s been fantastic and I wish you many many more years. This was taken during a recent camping trip. I like getting out and taking a walk during the early morning hours just to enjoy the solitude.

Hey, it’s only my opinion.

A Hui Hou

An Update

Aloha. Yeah I’m still alive and well. I can only hope that all of you enduring Hurricane Irene are safe and following all instructions given. They are not fun to go through and if there is one thing I’ve learned it’s to pay attention, respect Mother Nature and don’t try to be a hero. Family and friends are to important. Just know my thoughts and aloha are with each and every one of you.

Things are busy here. As most of you know I have gone days and I don’t like it. That damn alarm going off in the morning…well it’s just not pleasant. But When 1 pm comes I think that wasn’t so bad. Myrna is doing very well. She’s finally gaining weight and eating more. But we have some sad news. My hanai brother Henry has prostate cancer and there is something going on with his walking. They did a bone scan and there is no cancer there so he is scheduled for and MRI Monday to see why he’s having such a hard time walking. My guess of course is something is wrong with one of his discs or spinal column. Who knows but we will get answers to that problem after the MRI. As far as the prostate he has decided to have surgery and have it removed. They will then find out how close the cancer cells are to the wall of the prostate to see if he will have to do radiation after the surgery. Apparently if the cancer cells in the prostate are close to the wall they could have gotten into his body and all tests so far can’t tell you that until the pathology report comes out. He is in good spirits as is the rest of the family. So now we have one more to take care of in the house but that’s what family is for.

On a happier note, and I say this lightly, I went into Costco yesterday and saw the following and couldn’t believe my eyes. It’s only August for crap’s sake. Of course I thought of our one and only Hootin’ Anni. Don’t ask me why.

I have gotten rid of my email address trhnlhi@tp4ww.com I was getting way to many spam emails and got sick of it. You can use either tr05prius@gmail.com or trhnlhi@me.com Either one will do.

So with all this being said I still am not going to be on a regular posting schedule. Things are a little hectic still with work and now with Henry…doesn’t leave a lot of time. I do twitter a great deal and Google+ and for those of you not there it’s great. You can see me there by clicking on the Badge in my sidebar. Facebook isn’t that important to me either so I’m not there much either. I guess what I’m saying is Google+ is the place to be.

Hey, it’s only my opinion.

A Hui Hou

My Bad ~ I Should Have Had This Post Up Earlier

Once again I’m outta here for a while. I will totally understand if you totally give up on this blog. LOL Wouldn’t surprise me and believe me I wont be offended because it’s my inconsistent posting that is causing the entire problem. Anyhow I’m going to have big changes this month so I know I won’t be posting all month long and possibly longer. We are going camping this weekend and I’ll be on vacation the week of August 15th. Going camping again that week as well. Then, and here is the big change, my work schedule is changing August 21st. I will have Saturday/Sunday off and I’m going to work days. Yup you heard it correctly. No more nights for me. Yes I will be driving bus and yes I’m still temporary in Central so all that remains the same. So until I get this all situated and find out how it goes I’m just going to leave this blog for a while.

However, you can still keep up with me on Twitter and on Google+ (which I totally love). You can see my Google+ profile HERE if you so desire and I’ve still got invites so if you want one lemme know.

Until all of this settle down I have to give something up and this blog is it. I hope we keep in touch and I will be back. So boys and girls…behave!!!

Hey, it’s only my opinion

A Hui Hou

Weekend Reflections – #97

James at Weekend Reflections has a meme called Weekend Reflections. Thank you James for hosting. You can get all the information by clicking on the Weekend Reflections link above.

I took this photo back in January and as I was selecting my photo this week I really liked it. Was a dull and dreary day and the reflection to me captures that. This is our yard. I hope you enjoy.

Hey, it’s only my opinion.

A Hui Hou