Viewing and Celebration Information

Hello all,

As we go through this process, our heart are heavy. Thank you very much for the warm thoughts. It was (and still is) a shock to all of us. Everyone at the hospital knew Lee was going home, and the plans were in progress to move him to another location for some final things, before rehab.

And then, the last 18 hours or so, he took a 180º turn. There are some theories and such, but nothing solid to pin down.

With that said, we mourn, as one of our family has died. But we realize that Lee had another family, and we are doing our best to honor him through all of you. Lee's closest friends are putting together some activities, so here is what we have at this time:


VIEWING

  Tuesday, May 17 & Wednesday, May 18, 2016
  1600 - 1900 hours

  Haley-Olsen-Murphy Funeral Home

  44831 N. Cedar Avenue

  Lancaster, CA 93534

  Phone: (661) 942-1139


CELEBRATION OF LEE'S LIFE

  Sunday, June 19, 2016
  1400 hours
  Lancaster United Methodist Church
  918 W Avenue J
  Lancaster, CA 93535



We are also putting together a slide show for the events, so please send any pictures, comments or questions to this email address, and we will forward any and all information along:

 


Eternal Vigilance
Lieber Brüder`

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Checking In

Hello all.

I have had two concerts this week, so things are still in a blurrrr....

We are working on some viewing arrangements and a Celebration of Life. We will post as soon as we have any solid details to share.

Eternal Vigilance

Professor Hill

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Some afternoon Thoughts Tuesday, May 2, 2016

As we have learned, once our Creator is convinced you are worthy to Him and His purpose, He will take you. There is nothing left to prove, as you have reached the ultimate level of spiritual accomplishment.

In spite of what we saw on the outside, Lee was one of the most God fearing, spiritual, and loving persons we have ever met. Stubborn, yes, but Lee displayed the Holy Love and sacrifice our Creator expects us to develop. Making other people better was the way he communicated his love for us all.

Lee must had that final heart to heart with Him in the last 24 hours, because (when we do get the chance to share all that took place) there is no obvious reason for how and how quickly it all went..

Stay tuned.
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Updates on Lee - Tuesday, May 3 - 1115

Hello all,

We are very sad to report that Lee is no longer struggling. At 1115 this morning, he went Code Blue again, and they were not able to revive him. Once the details of his last 24 hours are sorted out, we will post them here. It will make a lot more sense then.

As it turns out, his heart turned out to be the biggest issue, and once his body decided it was done, things went very quickly.

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Updates on Lee - Sunday, May 1 - 1715

1330 - Lee finished the dialysis, but as always, his heart rate and Blood Pressure do not look too good during and after the procedure.

1345 - Due to Lee maintaining a rapid heartbeat for the last several hours, Dr. Eddin (cardiologist) performed a Cardioversion on Lee. It worked, and Lee's HR is now in the low 100's. Gregg said it was hanging around 140 bpm prior to the procedure, and bounced around a lot since late yesterday afternoon.

ON a side note: Dr. Eddin is the guy whose name on the board has a heart next to it. Because he is the young handsome guy on the block, we all thought one of the nurses drew a heart next to his name to show her affection. When we asked for his name, he pointed to the heart, and I started laughing. When I told him what we thought, he started laughing...and I think some of the nurses were blushing.

From Wiki:
Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm using electricity or drugs. Synchronized electrical cardioversion uses a therapeutic dose of electric current to the heart at a specific moment in the cardiac cycle.


Numbers Game:
Vent 35%, peeps 5%
HR 105 & steady
BP 128/49 MAP 75
SpO2 100%

Nanny

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Updates on Lee - Sunday, May 1 - 1030

0435 – X-ray done

0730 – Dialysis cart arrives.

0745 – Ahmed came in. Did not like the HR, so will wait on another CPAP trial. Wants to get Lee to settle down….Duh.

0755 – Ahmed said the x-rays show a little more fluid in the lungs than the prior. He did say the pneumonia is slowly clearing, but it is hard to tell the source of the fluid. There will be another x-ray tomorrow.

0800 – No fever (still able to smile at the nurse, heck, I would too, she’s a cutie…..)

0945 – Dr. Cho (Kaiser IM) came in for a look. He is the one that will make the call on when/if Lee can be transported to the Kaiser Sunset facility. The way things look this morning, Lee is not stable enough for that activity. He will check again tomorrow morning.

1000 – Dialysis still churning away.

Numbers Game:
Vent 35%, peeps 5%
HR 110 - 135
BP 99/46 MAP 69
SpO2 100%

Professor

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Updates on Lee - Saturday, April 30 - 2115

Running out of steam here (I know, nothing compared to the real "trooper" Nanny - I brought stuff to do, but working on the computer after a certain time is not good for good answers).

Lee's latest round of dialysis went fine. They are tying to find the right med that will keep his heart rate down during this stressful time, but still allow the BP to stay stable. What they tried seems to work, so we shall see how strong he is in the morning. His eyes open when the nurses talk to him.

All is steady.


Numbers Game at this moment:
Vent 35%, peeps 5%
HR 108-110
BP 89/50 MAP 65
SpO2 100%

As always, we will update all of you when new information is available.

Professor

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