62 year-old Jefferson resident Tim Lundahl experienced the baseball game of his life this past weekend when he got to see the Chicago Cubs.

The game itself wasn’t the exciting part for this 56-year Cubs fan, or going to Wrigley Field, which he’s had pleasure of doing off-and-on since he was 13 years-old, but how it all came to be was the exciting part.

Since Lundahl was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer and started with HCI Hospice Care Services in Perry, he and his son Josh had a father-son trip planned, like several times before, to go to Wrigley Field in July for a Cubs game.

However, when HCI Hospice social worker Lauren DeVan found out about Lundahl’s health, she wanted to push up their visit to the Windy City.  She worked with the HCI Foundation and the Cubs organization to arrange for the two to go to the game this past Saturday along with providing snacks, a fuel card, a parking permit at the game and for the first time in his life, Tim went onto Wrigley Field following the game.

He talks about the game being a one-of-a-kind experience.

“As soon as my son got me to the gate, I was so emotionally uncontrollable (and) I couldn’t speak and I was trying to get it to soak in.  I had him (my son) take me to the side and let me try to catch up with myself because it was totally awesome.”

Lundahl says HCI Hospice went above and beyond and he’s grateful to be able to share the experience with his son.

“(HCI) Hospice is just awesome.  They’re an all-star team and they really come from the heart and its not just getting tickets to the Cubs game, their care and they’re caring is just wonderful, they’re great people.”

The Cubs beat the St Louis Cardinals in that game 3-0 and for Lundahl, it all came full circle because those two teams played in his first Wrigley Field experience when he was 13 years-old.