Well for many of you on Lc you have never heard about my life and my Amazing Father David. I use to write on MSN Spaces about my father and the comments I would recieve were incredible and had shedding tears like I di when dad was on his final days. So iwould like to start to shsre some the amazing things that I will always cherish and remember about my father.
In 1995 my father who was phytriatic nurse at Alberta Hospital here in Edmonton for 12 yrs was brutley attacked when a patient smashed thru a glass window and attcked my father. It was later known that this patient was invected with the HIV virus. It took dad a couple months to tell us what had happened and what he might and could end up with. Being the loving father who raised three children on his own since 1971 dad never wanted us kids to worry about him. But this time he did. He need the support and love from his children and family and friends and huess what ...He did. On November 19 2004 I was about to fly to Ottawa with the BC Lions of the CFL for the Grey Cup as we were about to play the Argo's for the cup. I recieved a phone call 5 before I was to leave to the airport that dad was addmitted into the Royal Alex Hospital.
In my heart I knew that these were dads final days and weeks but just never knew how long he had. When I arrived at the hospital dad was in a emergency room in those little curtained of rooms. I remeber walking in and Dad didnt look well but srtill better then what he had in the past.His weight lose was gettiung worse and he was skin and bones. I stayed with dad for about 56 hrs straight just going to wash up and shower but there was nothing and nobody that would take me away from him. After about 46 hrs of waiting for tests to be done and dad not being able to eat they finally gave him a sandwich. Dad was so hungry I dont think that sandwich had a chance...lol. He wolfef that done so fast iof was gone in about 2 seconds flat. I soon decided to go home and shower and return after. When I did return I was shocked to see that my father wasnt in the emergency ward any longer. I asked the nurse and she wouldnt give me any answers toi where or whAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. I was getting upset and and went around demanding to know where my father was. Before I knew it I had three security officiers escort me from the hospital. Well let me tell you that didnt last to long. I soon was allowed back in and the nurse that gave me a hard time was repremaned and did lose her job. NAyways dad was finally given a room. Thank god 56 hrs lying on a gurney was a hard pill to chew considering dad was in the nursing feild since the time he was 20 and he hated the way people were now being treated when they we sick , hurt or ill.
