Hi everyone, well I didn't Blog as much in February as I thought I would. My husband and I were awakened at 6am on February 18th with the news that his (ours) son had unexpectedly died. It was such a shock and still is, he was only 39 years old! We were just frozen the whole day trying to process the news. Of course Cliff took his bereavement leave the next 3 days. We were so numb and to get us out I suggested we go to Cronan Ranch to hike and be surrounded by Gods beauty. It really did help us clear our minds so we went there every day that week. We are so blessed to have such a beautiful place that is so close to us. Anyway getting back to Chad, they originally thought he had some kind of Cardiac event, but to me that wasn't logical since there wasn't any history of heart disease in the family for several generations back and he was way too young. So they did a post and it turned out he had a PE-Pulmonary Embolism!!! I had been thinking that could have been the diagnosis since he just had Hernia surgery in November and he was complaining of leg and hip pain right away and f/b SOB the last few weeks before he died. Oh how I wish he'd gone to his doctor!!!
His wife Su had a Memorial for him on the following Sunday so Cliff flew out Saturday before and then came back Monday and went back to work Tuesday. I had wanted to go but the airfare was so expensive. We could have had a week in Hawaii for the same amount of money. Since that weekend we've decided to have a Celebration of Life Open House here on Saturday, March 28th 2-6pm. I made an invite on FB and we already have about 40 coming. Chad grew up here, so there are many family, friends and Church family that want to come. So we are trying to get the house ready, you know clean out rooms, pull weeds, etc to make the house more presentable. It gives us a deadline which is good for us. Oh how I miss and think of Chad every night when I go to bed, the day too but I'm busier then and night brings on many thoughts and prayers. I am going to put together a scrapbook of Chad with the little pictures that I have of him-I will do my best. So Happy Trails sweet Chad, I love you but I know you are with God now. I miss you very much...
