http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:05:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is both a sad day and a day to celebrate.  I have officially removed the link to the order form on the previous blog as we have completed this 'chapter' (Nick would really roll his eyes at my pun) of sharing Nick's blogs through his book Running With Nick.  ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=422 I can’t lie and say I don’t spend a large majority of my day thinking about the past, my time with Nick or perhaps what is to come without him.  However, as this year has moved forward my thoughts have progressed to wondering what Nick’s thoughts would have been towards ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=415 Last week Wednesday, on October 8th, 2008, President Bush signed into law Senate Bill 1382, The ALS Registry Act, which will create the first ever national patient registry of people with Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS).  The registry will compile information to help decipher the cause, appropriate treatment, and finally ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=406 Nicholas ‘Nick’ Aron Huber 28, of Alta, Iowa passed away Saturday morning, July 19, 2008 at Buena Vista Regional Medical Center from the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident and complications from ALS (Lou Gehrig‘s Disease). Nick was the youngest child born to Allen “Jack” and ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=401 This morning I witnessed a very majestic and peaceful passing of my soul mate.  Nick took his final breath around 6:30 am with me and a nurse standing by.  The planner that Nick was, has already set most of his final wishes into motion.  There will be a visitation at ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=400 Nick is laying very peacefully next to me tonight.  I feel like sharing that because it has been the one thing he has wanted for quite a few days now.  We have battled a lot of things, but secretions, saliva and mucous are never going to be a  PALS (person ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=399 Nick and I share a very odd sense of humor and sometimes it peeks out in front of others. I guess that is how we get along so well. During Nick's bed bath this morning I used the foaming no-rinse shampoo to do a little hair washing. ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=398 As many of you may know our 4th of July weekend was a little more eventful than we would have asked for. Nick and I were involved in a car accident around 5pm on Friday the fourth and have been dealing with the consequences ever since. I can ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=396 When he woke up this morning, life was different from what it was yesterday for my father. After 37 years of working for Vigortone Ag Products, he has joined the ranks of the retired. Yesterday was his last official day on the job. The day passed with little fanfare. My mom, ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=395 It has been 248 days since the ALS Registry Act passed the US House of Representatives by a 411-3 margin. However, unlike the unicameral Nebraska legislature, Congress has two bodies that must approve a bill before the president can sign it into law. Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has ... http://www.nickannstreet.com/blog/?p=394