Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!

Wow is all I can say. What an amazing ceremony and day celebrating an amazing man!!! Thanks to all of you who came to celebrate with us and those who we know were there in spirit!!!

Wearing Red

We have invited you all to wear red to the service and some are wondering why??? Well...We are honoring Dad's love for the Huskers. He had a closet FULL of red and if you saw him on a daily basis he was usually sporting the color. So if you want to wear red, go for it. If not...DON'T WORRY!! Be CASUAL and COMFORTABLE (Dave's motto). See you Friday! Love to all!!

More details

More detailed information;

Funeral will be at Flatirons Community Church, 400 W South Boulder Road, Ste 100, Lafayette, Colorado at 10am Friday January 30. Immediately following the service we will gather at Fox Hill Country Club in Longmont for a celebration of Dad's life.

A visitation will be held from 4-7pm on Thursday, January 29 at Howe Mortuary in Longmont, a cremation will follow.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dave Schey Memorial fund to be given to the following causes; St Vrain Historical Society, Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield counties, and Flatirons Community Church. Send in care of Howe Mortuary, 439 Coffman St, Longmont CO 80501.

Once again we thank you all for your love and support.

Funeral

Dad's funeral will be Friday January 30th at 10am. We will be having his service at his favorite church Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette. We are asking people to wear RED (if you can stand it!!) More details to follow. Most likely the viewing will be Thursday at Howe. Keep checking the blog for updates. Thanks so much for all the prayers and support.

Fairway to Heaven

Dad left this world at 3:45pm for a healthy body, to see his parents, and to have a conversation face to face with God. His family was by his side as we have always been! "We love you and will miss you terribly."

Still hanging on...

We are still at the Care Center. His body has changed from last night to this morning and his breathing is shallow. I will keep everyone posted. We didn't post yesterday as there was not anything to post. We have enjoyed the stories and want MORE!! Keep them coming!!!

No Change

So far there have not been many changes. We have not seen his eyes for a day or so. His breathing is more raspy. They are giving him medications to dry up the secretions in his throat to lessen the gurgle. He is resting peacefully at this moment. Mom, Jenn and I are all going to stay tonight. We are really trying to spend our time left as a family. Please pray for mercy on us all as he makes this very precious transition.

We would like to ask people to start writing memories of Dad and emailing them to us. If you would send them to all three addresses we would all love to read them Eventually we would like to compile them into one book. Have fun thinking of him and we'll take all stories, even the R rated ones.:)



Thanks once again to you all and we will be in touch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52zvuv7i6s

Here is the youtube video of Jennifer Juniper

Family Time

Dad had a peaceful night last night. He is showing signs that his body is slowing down. He is not really responsive to us. We are very thankful for the evening we had with him last night. We listened to Donovan and the Beatles while he sang along. He sang Jennifer Juniper to Jenn which was the inspiration behind her name. Go google it today and think of him.

We want to thank all of the visitors we have had, food that was prepared and prayers that are still being said. We have been blessed beyond words. At this time we are going to request that we have time with our daddy. I will continue to update the blog if something changes. Thank you again. He is holding us tight we can feel it.

Tucked in...

We have arrived and are comfortably resting in room 106. We have WiFi here too!!! We are going to hang out as a family this evening. Mom, Jenn, Anne, Teed, Jill and myself are all lounging in the room with him. It is quite a spacious room. We will post sometime tomorrow about visiting times. At this point we ask for some time alone at least for this evening. We will let you all know how tomorrow goes. Pray for a smooth night.

Hospice

I am sorry I did not post yesterday. I just didn't know what to say. We were waiting till we met with the Hospice doctor and when we did we were hit with a lot of information and had to move quickly. We have decided after visiting with the Hospice people, Dr Barnett (Oncology), Dr VanHook (Pulmonary), and the Neurosurgeon that our next step is to make him comfortable in his last days. We went to the Hospice Care Center located in Louisville and we feel that it would be a good place to move him to. He would have a private room and we could stay there with him at all times of the day. They would help him with pain management so that he will not suffer. He did not do well with the swallow test and so there is not a way for him to receive any nourishment other than from the IV. This has been a very hard decision to make but we know the Lord has us in His hands and is guiding us through this process. We will take a miracle if there is one with his name on it. He has become more sleepy over the last few days which we were told is his body's way of letting go and the cancer taking over. Pray for us and that we are making the right decision. It is hard to not second guess when you have someones life in your hands. Thank you so much for following us and being here to lend a shoulder to cry on and with!! We love you ALL!!!

No change

Nothing changed which is good. The C-Scan is the same so there has not been anymore swelling over the course of yesterday and last night. He has been sleeping A LOT today but becomes alert to put on a show for all the company. As I type he is laughing...thanks Jim and Kay and the Momma Drama stories!! We met with Hospice this morning just to find out what our options are. They are sending in a doctor to perform a palliative (sp) exam?? Essentially he will meet or chat with the Oncologist, Neurosurgeon, and Pulmonologist then give us the overall decision as to how we proceed. We appreciate all of our prayer warriors (thanks for the term Teresa...I like it A LOT) and visitors more than you know!!!

Set Back

Dad had a stroke last night. We are in ICU while he gets medication now to stop the bleeding in turn thickening the blood back up. He is being administered steroids to prevent the swelling in the brain. Sometime today they will put in a filter to prevent any clots from traveling to the lung and heart. He is alert and coherent but is experiencing extreme weakness in the left side. I struggled with posting this information but we need you to pray specifically so here you go. Lord please be with us and heal our daddy. All things are possible with You. You are so big.

Radiation Day 2

Today is a good day!!! He feels good and is in good spirits. He had his second dose of Radiation this morning and it went well. He said it was SUPER easy and something he can for sure handle. It was a very quick procedure lasting no more than 15 minutes. He has to wear a custom mask that he will take home with him. I think we can have a mask breaking party when we conquer this mountain.

He had a great dinner last night and ate more than he had in a week!! We left the two alone for a romantic dinner in the room complete with flowers on the table and wine for mom. Thanks so much for all the food, snacks, reading material, and prayers!!

Radiation Day 1

We met with the Oncologist this morning. After he reviewed the MRI he called the physician at the Hope Cancer Center. She had him come down to begin treatment today. He will most likely get 5 doses of the radiation to shrink the brain lesions. After about a week off of the radiation he will begin the Chemo for the liver cancer. Chemo will be administered every 3 weeks for 3 days a week. He should be in remission after the 18th week (6th week of treatment). He has had a rough day as things just keep coming. We are crossing our fingers that we can call this plate full and start the recovery process. Thanks again for all the prayers. We are all in His hands. The staff has been AMAZING at LUH. He loves his visitors so come on over if you are in the neighborhood. He is in room 5014 and HOPEFULLY going back to 332 (home) on Monday/Tuesday.

MRI Conquered!!!!!!

Today has been rough but we can see a silver lining. The Oncologist came to visit Dad first thing this morning. We were told this is Extensive stage small cell Carcinoma cancer in the liver. They will begin Chemo tomorrow morning. We have moved to the 5th level (oncology floor). Dad also had a C-Scan this morning of the brain. The doctor found some spots that she was worried about so we (with the help of the Lord Jesus Christ, Valium and morphine) conquered the MRI!!! Mom sat with him and held his hand to comfort him. The results showed good things and bad things. Good things that there is not bleeding bad news there is some cancerous spots in the brain. We will wait until tomorrow when we again meet with the Oncologist Dr. Barnett for more info on the brain spots. He is back on the Heparin which is FANTASTIC!!! He is not in as much pain as he was a few days ago which should mean that the clot is dissolving. Hallelujah!! God is good and we know he has a plan. We have been on such a roller coaster hoping for a break once he is on the Chemo. Thank you Prayer Warriors!!!! We feel you!

Let's start at the very beginning...

Hello to all!! This is just a small start to what we hope will be a place for us to post updates on the road to recovery. Dad has been in the hospital since Friday January 9th. He came in because he was experiencing pains in his left side. When the scans were done they found a blood clot (pulmonary embolism) in his lower left lobe of the pulmonary artery. Upon further review they found some spots in his liver. At this point the doctors diagnosis is that there is small cell type cancer that is located in the liver. We will hopefully have more information tomorrow morning when we meet with the Oncologist. The first step is to get him out of the hospital and begin outpatient tests to determine more about the cancer. It is most likely going to be a long road but we have faith that we will conquer this disease with the Lord at our sides the entire way. We appreciate all prayers and thoughts of well wishes!! Thank you all for riding along with us!!