On December 22, 2010 Gregg's dad, Nels Carlson, passed away just 5 days short of his 65th birthday. The weekend of Thanksgiving while down in St. George he got sick with the flu and finally a week later took him into the ER. After accessing his situation they induced him into a coma and hooked him up to a ventilator. After 3 weeks of fighting for his life it came to our attention that he had carbon dioxide narcosis, which means he wasn't releasing his carbon dioxide and it was staying put in his lungs. The Dr.'s put him on comfort measures and 2 days later he finally passed. It ended up being a blessing for him! Although hard, we all know he is happier with his now youthful body!
At the viewing.
Hailey kept going up to grandpa and rubbing him and talking to him.
Funeral Day.
Some of the grandkids saying good bye one last time!
Dad had asked for bagpipes to be played at the cemetary and this man did a great job!
Lily was covering her ears when the bagpipe was being played.
They had the older boy grandkids be the pallbearers and that was a neat thing for everyone to see!
All the boys with there roses placing them on his casket.
They had roses for all the girl grandkids to put onto the casket!
The cemetary was really hard on all the grandkids, thus making it hard on all of us parents! It was a special moment.
I love this picture of the boys, it was tough to hold in emotions.
