John is peaceful and still hanging on. He is surrounded by many people who love him, is visited by many others. We are taking as good of care of him as is humanly possible. Laurie, Martha, Greg, Mary Anne, Paul, Lisa and I, Justin and Ashley, Sue, Kenny and Connie are also supporting Karen in the most difficult time of her life. The nursing staff at Stormont-Vail have been wonderful in the grace and compassion they extended to his family as well as to John. We are blessed to have them care for him. Especially Nicole & Piper who have taken the time to look after our needs as well as John's. They explain what and why they are doing something, ask for any special needs he might need . They are quick to reconginze and respond to every member of the family, even before we know what we need, as we learn to let John move on. Each of them have a story about a loved one who was at one point in need of the same tender care. Those story help explain why they do this kind of nursing. We are blessed to have people dedicated to the compasion & grace at end of life of someone else, it takes a special calling. Hug someone today and let them know how much they mean to you. We will hug John and let him know how much he means to so many.