Bad news today :( - Page 3

Good news!
Travels, this may sound rude, but don´t give up your new life. A lot of family over there able to help, it´s not only you. Don´t forget yourself.

I won't give it up, but it may have to be postponed for a bit. If I go home, even if I have to stay for a while, I'll be back!

Mom took an extreme turn for the worst, she's not expected to make it through the night.

She's gone.

travels I'm sorry ~

💔,,,,

Sad, I am so sorry for your loss. RIP.

  So sorry, Travels.

So sorry, Travels, but think about your mom able to move, loving her life. I am sure she had her time on this world.
My mom is sitting in a wheel chair, without short-term memory, living in a special care home, because I am in need of my job, and can´t take care of her by myself. Modern medicine is not the end of all, sometimes it´s better to quit than to go on.
Won´t make you feel better right now, but maybe your mom feels better now.
You are in my thoughts
Susie

So very sorry!

My mother was 86, she had a good long life, lived to see her first great-great grandchild to a month short of his first birthday and was married 64 years this past December. My father was diagnosed with dementia 3 years ago and, though he can't do some of the things he loved (he's Italian and he loved to cook, now he would't be able to boil water), has been stable, never not knowing who we all are and physically, in decent shape. My mother was tiny and in poorer physical condition, fell numerous times and went through neck and back surgery in recent years, but had a good life overall. I just feel horrible that she deteriorated so rapidly and I didn't have time to get there and say my goodbyes. The entire family was there last night, except me, my nephew in NJ and my youngest daughter, who was in Philadelphia on a business trip. She told my youngest sister that I had been there earlier in the day, so it comforted me that her illusion was her last perception of my presence. I'm heading out tomorrow and will get there some time on Friday. I just can't imagine walking into that house and not seeing her there :( It doesn't yet feel real. I called today and heard her voice on the answering machine. When I woke up today, I still had a mother, tomorrow the dawn will be forever changed. My brother was with her when she drew her last breath and that also brings me comfort, he is the only son and of the four of us, the one who is the most calm, though he hurts deeply. He is the best brother ever and also the best son. All of her wishes were and will be honored by all who loved her. My youngest niece (16) is taking it the hardest, she loved Grandma to be proud of her and strove to do her best for her. She will be missed and celebrated and then we will have to decide on the proper way to care for our father. Sad times, indeed. Thank you for your condolences...