And that's the rest of the story! ;-)

I received an email from one of my mom's cousins that lives in the KC area. We hadn't realized it, but my mom's Aunt Alice (a spunky 92 year old lady) and her daughter Jeanne had visited dad in ICU on the Monday that he was there. Of course, he had just had his ventilator removed, and was still heavily sedated at the time. Mom had gone home for a rest, Brian wasn't around at the time and I didn't get there until the next morning. Needless to say, they were without much information. Jeanne emailed to let me know of their experiences in the Olathe ICU unit with my dad...this is the "rest of the story"...

Hi, Teresa--thanks for much for including me in your mailings. Mom and I were at the hospital on the Monday that your dad was so bad. Your mom had called your Aunt Mary who called us out of concern. Anyway, when we got to the hospital, your mom had left to go home for a rest. We had no idea he was so bad so we were trying to talk to him but, he was asleep. I said let him rest and sat down to wait until he woke up so he'd know we were there. After a few minutes, Mom went over to the bed and tapped him on the shoulder and said his name. No response. Then she shook him on the shoulder and called his name. Still no response. I said stop that, let him rest. She said she wanted him to talk to her and tried again. She felt his cheek. I said what are you doing?!? She said she wanted to see if he was cold because she thought he might be gone. I said you're not the nurse. She said well, they need to know if he's dead. In a little while the nurse came in and said she wanted to see if she could wake him. She said louder "Paul, Aunt Alice is here to see you." He open one eye for only about a half second and back to sleep he went. Mom was truly in the Broyles women take charge mode. You should have seen her. :) Love you, CuzJeanne Angell