Funeral will be Sunday afternoon at the earliest. Millie will be flying as we drive. And hearing that she will make one more flight made us smile. Thank you for all of your sweet thoughts and prayers. It means so much to Mother and me.
GM
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Millie passed away tonight. Mother was with her and said it was quiet and graceful. She just took a breath and then didn’t take another. I did not think that I would be able to see her after she had gone, but I did and was relieved to see a hint of a smile on [...]
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Today my Grandfather would have been 91. We spent most of the day with GM at the nursing home. W and I are home now and Mother has driven back to spend the night in a chair next to GM’s bed. It was a hard day for all.
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First it was the peppermint ice cream and now it is another day below 90. Why it is practically winter down here! Seriously- it is fucking awesome outside right now. It’s kind of, sort of, almost, maybe pleasant. And if you stand in the shade of a palm tree it is cool. No joke. Check [...]
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There is only so much I can write about when it comes to GM. Things are hovering in a sameness and the sameness is, well, the same. Is it a matter of days? Weeks? No one knows but she is on the journey and I find myself being both relieved for her and tremendously sad. [...]
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A quick, and not so fancy update: GM was in the ER for most of yesterday. Her potassium levels were finally (after hours and hours of supplementation) declared “better” but there was of course any great number of things that were buying her an admission ticket to the hospital. Thank goodness the doctor that was [...]
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The nursing home just called. GM is being rushed to the ER because of critically low potassium levels. Mother is zooming to get out the door and I just called hospice to meet her there. I am not going for two reasons: 1) W just started medication for the thrush and 2) even if he [...]
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Happy first day of the best season. Seriously. Well not that there is any crisp in the air where I live, but I love to fantasize about all of you guys getting out your long sleeved shirts and bobbing for apples. Or something like that. I miss fall. A lot. I miss soup. Needing to [...]
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Thursday: When we arrived this morning we were shocked to find Millie dressed and parked in the day room. Her eyes were closed, her breathing shallow, but when Mother touched her arm Millie’s eyes flew open and a moment of recognition flickered. The floor nurse called us over to the main desk and told us [...]
