Thanks to my NTOWS family. I probably experienced the most surreal event of my life.
Got a call from the Docs as I was changing planes in Milwaukee that it did not look good and they were giving him blood in the hopes that he could hold on. Longest 1 1/2 hour flight I have ever taken in my life. Hit the terminal running and went to the rental car booth (Executive Isle at National rent a car) and told the girl behind the counter that I did not "want" a 4x4 I "require" one and if they didn't have one in exactly 5 seconds, I was going to the next counter. I got one and through the sleet and snow I drove like a maniac trying to get to the hospital. Get there and the road was closed getting in from one direction and to go around would have taken another 15-20 minutes. I can tell you the commercials for the Tahoe ought to have included the drive I made. I 4 wheeled right through the construction axle deep in mud and snow, I never let off the gas until I launched out the other side. Slid sideways into the parking lot and ran to the ICU. Got in his room and the ICU nurse said we're loosing him. They exited the room I leaned over, said my goodbye, told him it was ok and to have a good trip, I would see him again on the other side. He squeezed my hand and his heart stopped. I was exactly 45 seconds after I walked into his room.
God truly does work in mysterious ways.
My wife was trying to track down my father's sister's number in Utah while I was in the air and when I talked to my father's friend who brought him to the hospital, he told me my father got a call right before they left that she passed last Friday. I'm just not able to digest that yet.
Thanks again to each and every one of you it has helped me more than you can imagine.
TOXIC
