Diary Entry for 1/2/2000

I didn’t go to Sunday school or church. Raining in AM and off and on all day. 52° Vernon called in morning. I called Madonna Home. Merrill had pretty good night. They got some fluids into him today. He’s on oxygen. I’m not going out to see him today. The nurse said he was sleeping all the time. I called Jim at Nancy’s and told him not to come after me. Joel and Camille got home at 3 AM. Drove straight through. 14 ½ hours. The nursing home called in PM and said Merrill was worse. She had trouble contacting his doctor. They took him down for X-rays. They showed he had a light case of pneumonia. Jim and Nancy came after me and brought me home. Sue was at the hospital nursing home to see Merrill. I called Lyla and Vernon’s. Lyla said Edna Fikes 88 died yesterday.