Sam Senior Has Gone Home

Dad has gone home this morning around 10:am I am so grateful he went peacefully with the Hospice staff and Sam and Anne. I am still in San Diego waiting for my Aunt to pass. Her courageous fight to live is so amazing to us all family members we love her so dearly. Our Family Gives Our Condolences to Sam Higa and his Family.


Love,
Connie

Sam Senior is in the Hospice Unit

Dad is now in the Hospice Unit until his final days. Sam and Anne are with him now, Iam in San Diego with my ailing Aunt who is still surviving past her 10 days and comforting my Mother, it's such a sad month for us all. Give Sam Jr. a call for more information. We talked last night and it doesn't look good for Dad, they say he is declining.

Our Love To All,
Connie and Sam

This Weeks Update

Dad had a visit from Sam and Anne, he slept most of the time they were here. He is the same eating less food and water. Next week on October 21, he will be at the Silver Ridge Healthcare Unit for 5 days while I take a break and go to San Diego to give my condolences to my Mother and my cousins for my Aunts passing. She stopped on her own free will from taking her kidney dialysis on October 7th and they gave her ten days to live, so we all estimated her to survive until the 17th of October. She is surrounded by her 5 sons and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Sam will return home on the 26th.


Our Love,
Connie and Dad

Update on Sam Senior

This week Dad is now on oxygen, his nurse noticed Monday that his oxygen level was low. He is still eating and drinking water very little. This maybe why he is sleeping 10 to 12 hours a day. Sunday he had a chance to talk to Audrey on the cell, it was nice to see him smile and talking to someone else for a change. If anyone of you would like to call him to say Hello,the time is from 9:am to 8:pm, the cell number is 702-467-3983, with the bluetooth he can hear better. Hope to hear from you, bye for now.

Love,
Connie and Sam

Sam Is Doing The Same

Dad is still the same, no new episodes, he is losing more weight he just doesn't feel like eating. Some days he thinks he can get out of bed so I remind him he can't. Thanks to Rhonda, the CNA,
who helps me alot and Dad likes talking to her every morning. Audrey, Dad remembers you, Thank You! for your hugs and prayers. Until next week I'll keep everyone informed.

Our Love To All,
Dad and Connie

A Visit from Grandson Sam III and Great-granddaughter Ashley

This weekend was so nice for Dad he got to touch his great-granddaughter's hands and toes. She gave him a kiss too! After the last weekend after Sam left the next day Dad had hallucinations, he thought he was back in the late sixties working on his truck. He would ask me for a 9/16 wrench at 2:am in the morning, I replied where am I going to get this wrench, with a quick response he says in the tool box, but, I say it's dark he says turn on the light no Dad it's night time, time to sleep we both had a sleepless night. He would be talking to someone he saw, he would tell me don't you see the 5 girls in the room, no Dad maybe they are angels waiting to take you home, he would say yes! I am ready. That night he was seeing things clearly, his eyes were wide open. He has calm down now he is taking a sedative he is also eating very little, equivalent to 1 meal a day. He can no longer walk to the kitchen table or feed himself. Every week is a little different than the week before. I can see how he is losing weight and how tired he is. The nurse tells me he will lose his appetite completely. He will be taking liquied pain medicine from now on.

He's Still Alive

Ask him how he doing and his response is "I'm still alive". Ask him how old he is and he'll tell you he's 95 of 100 (he's only 93).

Right now he's in Hospice care at home with Connie. Last week we were able to get him out of bed and to the table to eat but it was difficult and painful for him. He's staying in bed now and has a CNA come to house to 5 days a week and a RN comes once a week.

We plan on keeping him at home as long as we can, when it's no longer possible he will go to the Hospice facility where there will be more help. Connie is doing a great job taking care of his needs now.

Connie will pass on any comments received.
Bye for now.
Sam