FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Hello Everyone - Just wanted to update everyone. I have moved over to another blog because some people are having a hard time posting on this blog. It will at caringbridge.org and then type in dannywhisler (small letters and no spaces). Danny has had a great week. Patty commented that she can't believe how good he looks. My dad is amazed also. 1 week Thursday night, we thought we lost him and he wasn't eating or drinking and there he fights back and just did so good. I am so proud of him. Yesterday and today, Danny at times has had setbacks. But he still comes out in the living room and eats dinner and watches a little TV and then he has to go back to bed. Today, his headaches were a little bit worse, so I increased his morphine and he then sleeps alot. I just don't want him in any pain.

When we wake him up, he gives me and Chris such a look. But then he realizes who we are and he starts kidding around with us. Today, his dad and Joy came by (I wasn't here) and they had a good visit but short because Danny was a little sleepy from his morphine. His Grandpa Joe comes by almost every other day and Jamie spent Friday night with us. Jenna was here earlier in the week and gave Danny a haircut and trimmed his beard. He looks so good.

Well, like I said, please check out the new blog.

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Well here we are again - Danny has had a great day. His nurse came by and she is dumb founded on his good attitude and how he can walk. Tonight, he isn't walking as well as this morning but he sure does try. Like my sister Linda said he is an amazing kid and he is probably telling us not to give up. His grandpa Joe came by but Danny was asleep and then Aunt Patty came by and fed Danny his lunch. I gave him some morphine around 2:30 and he has been awake since then. He came out into the living room and has been there ever since.

My friend Sharon brought us some really good dinner and Danny ate pork loin and potatoe casserole. He also loves garlic bread. He is at a stage like my mom was. He is always inspecting every thing. Like any lint that is on him or around him, he wants to pick it out. Mom did that alot. He picks up the telephone and just looks and studies it. He always that cute little grin that he has. I love seeing him smile. I think he is about sick and tired of laying in his bed in the same room. He likes sitting out in the living room and having family around him and watching TV.

Everyone that has seen him are just amazed by how good he looks and how good his motor skills are. He has great color again. You never know, God may decide to give us a miracle healing.
Oh, wouldn't that be awesome.

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

WE HAVE SUCH GREAT NEWS TODAY!!!!

Danny is up and walking around. I just can't believe and I certainly don't understand it. He is eating again and drinking root beer. He is happy all the time and loves being in the dining room with me where I work on my loans. If God is not giving us a miracle of complete healing, he is giving me a miracle of some great days with Danny. I will give more of an update tonight.

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The earlier blog was posted by Chris.  After he posted that, we had such a great time with Danny.  As Chris said earlier, Danny was having a great day and it lasted all the way to bedtime.  Nicole - you won't believe what Danny ate for dinner tonight.  Yep, he ate curry rice.  And then before he went to sleep, he ate a whole ice cream sandwich.  I was sneaking around the corner going into his room and when Danny would see me, he would crack up laughing.  We had so much fun with him.  He was so alert today.  And he acted like he was really watching a movie which was "The Rock" with Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage.  Aunt Patty, Scotty, Zac and Mac came by to see how well he was doing.  Patty said he looked so good and he was so alert.

After everything that has happened in this last week, I am so happy to have Danny like he was today.  I sometimes want to believe that he might be cured but then I come to my senses and know thats very unlikely to happen but I certainly pray that God would do that for us.  I will cherish today forever.  Thats what this blog is all about to remember how he was.  

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Danny had a wonderful day today.  This morning he got out bed and went outside and watched his brother work in the yard raking up the grass and the leaves while he laughed at him working. he also ate some chili with cornbread. This afternoon Danny is sitting up in his bed and carrying on with the family. Its just so good that he is laughing and in good spirits. Danny would love to thank all of his supporters and their comments and support.

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Hi Everyone -  Its been a tough week with Danny.  He has detoriated quite a bit.  But he is a trooper and a fighter.  His grandpa comes over regularly to sit with him and sometimes feed him.

Aunt Linda comes on Tuesday and makes us all a great meal.  Danny's dad and Joy come often to visit Danny also and bring him his favorite things.  We are limiting visists for Danny to just family and that's pretty large in itself.  We try to keep things around here quiet for him.  As of last Friday, Danny went from walking around the house and smoking to not being able to walk at all.

Every now and then, we are able to get him out in his wheelchair for maybe 10-15 minutes at a time.  During a 24 hour period, Danny sleeps about 23 hours.  He is on liquid morphine now every 4 hours.  Chris and Patty are just the best with helping out with Danny.  Thank goodness Chris is here to help pick Danny up out of the bed and into a wheel chair so that I can change his sheets.  As of 3 days ago, Danny has had no liquids or food other than the morphine.  But I wish you could have all heard him laughing at me and Keith playing with him.  He has such a great attitude and let me tell everyone that this guy is a fighter.  He has so much will to live and take it to the very end.  I am so blessed to be able to take care of my oldest son and have some more good memories with him before he leaves to be with Jesus and his grandma and his cousin Cortni.  

I am very sorry for not keeping this up to date but my heart has not been in it.  Our family is very broken right now and we are just taking it by the hour.  

By the way, Jamie, Jenna and their mom Jackie has also been here to see Danny. His sister-in-law, Breon, who Danny has shared such a great friendship with for so many years has been here to see Danny along with his nieces, Chay, KK and Jordan.

February 12, 2009

Hi Everyone - Its been a while since I wrote about Danny. He has had some really good days. Today wasn't real good. He's been disoriented and tries to sleep but just can't do it. His nurse came by and said his heart and blood pressure was good. He can walk around, eats good and drinks root beer and grape juice. He lights up when his brother is around him. Last night, I went out with 2 girlfriends (some of you know them- Susie Schumacher and Janet Lowrance).
Both of them have been my two longtime friends. They both are my inspiration. But when I left to meet them at Steaksmith-Danny, Chris and Keith were sitting in the front patio and I went over to ask Danny for a kiss and he gave me one on the cheek. It was so sweet. But I sure hated to leave him. When I got home, I brought him some nachos from Taco bell and he loved that.

Danny says to tell all of you that he loves you all especially his family i.e. his dad, his brother, his aunts, his grandpa, his cousins (all of them, 1st, 2nd and third cousins), his nieces and friends.

Thats all for now.

February 09, 2009

Hi Everyone - Not much news here. Danny is doing pretty good. He is averaging about 2 seizures a day. His nurse will come by today. He is walking around the house and smoking about once an hour. He seems to really enjoy having his brother around. They just are always laughing and kidding each other around. His appetite is still good, not as good as it was a couple of weeks ago. I am still sleeping in his room with him. Once he goes down at night about 9:30 to 10 pm, he is out til 7 to 8 am.

His cousins, Jamie and Jenna were here on Sunday along with his Aunt Jackie. They all had a great time. Also, Grandpa Joe and Aunt Patty came by too. We had curry rice last night. I think Aunt Linda is coming by today and making us burritos. Scott and Joy came by on Sat and took some great pictures of Danny.

Not much to say, except thank you again for your prayers.

February 7, 2009

Hello everyone - I guess I didn't update this last night so I will have to catch up. Yesterday, was a great day for Danny. He didn't sleep a whole lot but was walking all around the house and even went outside to smoke a couple of times. He just had a great attitude and was laughing and enjoying himself. He ate good. Chris came over in the early evening and we all had pizza together. Danny would not let anyone help him eat his pizza. It was nice to have Chris here to help with Danny especially the smoking part.

This morning Danny woke up really early and wanted to smoke a cigarette. I told him to go back to bed and it was too early. He slept maybe 1/2 hour and tried to get up again. So I let him smoke a cigarette and he came back to bed for a little while. I went back to bed and Keith took over with Danny so that I could sleep a little longer. Danny didn't really sleep too much today either. He was in a great mood also. His dad and Joy came over and brought all of us "Paninos".
It was awesome. Eat your heart out Uncle Gary. Joy took some family pictures and she will get them for us later. I'm just so glad that Danny felt good enough to take the pictures and visit with his Dad. Later today, Danny had 2 seizures. It really wiped him out but he really didn't sleep much. Maybe he will sleep really good tonight. His brother shaved him and cleaned him up and he looks so handsome.

So, we have had 2 great days with Danny. His attitude was great and he smiles a lot and said a few more words that I can't repeat. But at least he could say more. He still says "MOM" though.

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

HI EVERYONE - THIS IS STARTING TO GET REALLY HARD FOR ME TO DO. BUT I DO IT FOR ME AND DANNY. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND PRAYERS. DANNY HAD 2 HARD SEIZURES TODAY. THEY ARE REALLY HARD ONES THAT WIPE HIM OUT. AUNT PATTY CAME TO SEE DANNY AND GAVE HIM A SHOWER. RIGHT AFTER THE SHOWER, DANNY HAD A VISITOR BUT HE DIDN'T REMEMBER HIM. IT WAS MIKE QUINTANA. REMEMBER GARY, HOW VERN AND ANN AND SCOTT AND I WENT TO ALL YOUR GAMES AND MIKE SOMETIMES DID TOO. IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE MIKE. GRANDPA JOE CAME OVER AND HE AND PATTY WENT TO GET ALL OF US TACOS FROM JACK IN THE BOX.

DANNY STILL HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE AND HE FIGHTS SO HARD ON THE SEIZURES. HIS BROTHER CHRIS AND VICKIE AND JORDAN CAME BY FOR 10 MINUTES. DANNY RECOGNIZES CHRIS NOW TOO. LAST NIGHT KEITH SHOWED DANNY THE DALLAS CHEERLEADERS ON HIS COMPUTER AND DANNY SAID "WOW". I WISH YOU ALL COULD HAVE SEEN HIM.

"DAD THANKS FOR WRITING ME A NOTE", AND SCOTT I KNOW IT WAS HARD FOR YOU BUT I KNOW IF DANNY COULD SHOW YOU, HE SURE WOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT HE LOVES YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR BOTH OF THE BOYS.

AUNT LINDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO SEE ME AND TAKING CARE OF ME.

MARK RYAN, THANKS FOR FOLLOWING DANNY ON THIS BLOG. HE ALWAYS LIKED YOU BUNCHES WITH HIS UNCLE GARY. SORRY ABOUT THE CARDINALS THOUGH.

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

HI EVERYONE - I was too tired to do the blog last night so here goes.  We had a good day yesterday.  Aunt Linda and Aunt Patty came over. They fixed us a great meal.  We had fried rice and geoza.  Thanks Aunt Linda and Aunt Patty.  Grandpa Joe came over and ate with us too.  Danny had so much fun yesterday with them.  They had him laughing so much.  Danny's nurse came by and said he still understands a lot.  I think so too.  Danny was up more yesterday too.

Last night we had fun with Danny.  He remembers his ice cream sandwich.  He takes my hand and walks me to the freezer and gives me a big smile.  He eats it in the living room.  We think maybe he doesn't want his cigarette but as soon as he is done eating his ice cream sandwich he takes me toward the garage door to have his last cigarette for the night.

After we went to bed, he tried to get out of bed and I said Danny "No you are not having another cigarette".  He looks at me like I'm crazy and gets out of bed and I follow him and he goes to the bathroom.  Then he cracks up at me, like I'm still crazy.

Anyway, it was real fun yesterday and last night.

FEBRUARY 2ND, 2009

HELLO EVERYONE - I'M VERY SORRY THAT I HAVE NOT UPDATED THE BLOG.  THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CRAZY OVER THE WEEKEND.  DANNY IS DOING AS GOOD AS HE CAN.  HE STILL HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR.  SATURDAY, HIS DAD AND JOY CAME BY TO VISIT AND SO DID HIS BROTHER.  WE TRIED TO TAKE A FAMILY PICTURE BUT DANNY WASN'T UP FOR IT.  HE SLEPT A LOT OVER THE WEEKEND.  HE DID GET TO WATCH A LITTLE OF THE SUPER BOWL (SORRY ABOUT THE LOSS, UNCLE GARY).  WE WERE ROOTING FOR YOU.  

DANNY HAS LOST A LITTLE OF HIS APPETITE.  TODAY, HIS GRANDPA JOE CAME  BY AND BROUGHT EVERY BODY A HASH BROWN LIKE HE DID FOR OUR MOM.  DANNY SCUFFED IT UP AND HE WENT OUTSIDE AND HAD A COUPLE OF CIGARETTES.  HE DID TAKE A LITTLE NAP AND HE HAS BEEN UP FOR A WHILE WITH HIS BROTHER CHRIS TODAY.

I'VE BEEN SLEEPING WITH HIM EVERY NIGHT FOR THE PAST WEEK.  I FEEL BETTER WHEN I DO.  I THINK HE LIKES IT WHEN HE SITS UP AND SEES ME THERE.  HE KEEPS TAPPING ME ON THE CHEEK AND SOMETIMES JUST LIKES TO BOX ME A LITTLE.  TONIGHT HE HAD GOULASH (THERE IS NO MORE AUNT PATTY) AND ATE REALLY GOOD.  WHILE HE WAS SMOKING IN THE GARAGE WITH CHRIS, HE FOUND A CAN OF DIET 7 UP AND TOOK IT TO HIS ROOM.  HE THINKS HE GOT AWAY WITH SOMETHING. 

HE STILL YELLS OUT MOM TOO.  TOMORROW AUNT LINDA WILL BE HERE TO SEE HIM.

I GUESS THATS ABOUT ALL.  TOMORROW WESLEY (DANNY'S NURSE) WILL BE BY ALSO.