WARNING this is a LONG POST and I have no pictures
As you know Matt hurt his knee months ago. He finally got it checked out and got bad news. The soonest they could get Matt in for surgery was Thursday, July 10. Matt wanted to get surgery ASAP so he asked...
Matt "If anyone cancels can you call me to come in?"
Receptionist "Sorry, Dr. Rosenberg will be out of town for three weeks so nothing will open up"
Matt "Ok"
Then on the same day this was announced Matt got a call from the receptionist at the doctors office wanting to change Matt's surgery to an earlier date on Tuesday, June 24 (yes the same day as our anniversary so we had to change our plans.) The receptionist said "something opened up" We knew we had the inside scoop. Matt was scheduled to get surgery the same day as Tiger by the same surgeon!
Monday, June 23 rolled around we made all the preparations needed so Matt would be ready for surgery. He had his hat and sharpie ready for Tiger to sign (just in case...). Matt was to be at the Heber hospital at 7am. Then early Tuesday morning at 12:30am the call came. Matt's brother-in-law Andrew called Matt and told him his Dad had passed away. Matt's dad had been suffering from a disease for the last 5 years called Dementia with Lewy Bodies. For the last few months his dad had been doing worse and worse. Matt was able to spend some time with his dad back in February and I know he will remember that time forever. We knew that the time would come that Kim would pass, but we weren't expecting it so soon. Matt was able to call the hospital that night and tell him he would not be in for surgery. We feel so lucky that we were able to attend the funeral and be with family that week. If Matt's dad had passed just 8 hours later Matt would have been in surgery and I don't know how we would have made it to Naperville.
Just for the record for all you non-believers on Tuesday, June 24 this was in the press
We were all able to fly out to Naperville thanks to Matt's mom. Besides our bad experience with canceled flights and poor customer service that have made me want to veto certain airlines (Delta and United) we had a really nice time, considering the circumstances. It was such a nice tribute to Matt's dad all weekend long. All the brothers spoke at the funeral and did such a great job speaking about what a great, fun and loving person Kim was. Matt and I were married after his dad was already showing signs of the disease so I didn't know Kim like Matt did. I am so glad that I was able to hear all the great things about his dad. However, I have threatened Matt to not try some of the things his dad got away with....like water over the shower. After the weekend in Naperville we all flew back to Utah for the burial. Kim is buried in the Santaquin Cemetery. The burial was again another nice tribute of a great man. We are glad that we live close enough that we will be able to visit the cemetery often.
Matt did reschedule his surgery for the original date of July 10...that's another long post so stay tuned...:)
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