It's been quite a week...

So this is the week that I was supposed to be on vacation, my long awaited vacation. All I talked about last week was how much I couldn't wait, I would have 3 days at home all by myself the first of the week, before taking Josh for surgery on Thursday. This all went to hell Saturday night, all with a phone call from the hospital, telling me they had Mom there, she had come by ambulance after having a seizure at the home. I got dressed, called Aunt Barb and went to the hospital, scared of what I would find, I could tell by way the nurse talked that it wasn't good.

When I got there the Dr. came right out and asked if he should intubate if the need arose, I told him, no, she was DNR. Aunt Barb got there and we went in to see Mom, who wasn't awake and was groaning. I figured it was another stroke. By midnight she had come around a bit so we went home for the night after we got her settled in her room. I went back up on Sunday before she went for a CAT scan, then went to get her glasses from the home and waited for her to get back to the hospital. When she got back they said that there was nothing new on the scan, just the old stroke, but it takes a few days for a new stroke to show up on a CAT scan. By this time you could tell by looking at her that it was a stroke, her face was drooped on the right side. I went in to see her and was shocked by how much worse she looked, called Aunt Barb to come and then we talked to the Dr. who agreed with us, she wasn't going to get better. The rest of the family was called in and that night, we made the choice to take her off her IV, they told me that you actually feel less pain if you are dehydrated, then started her on pain meds when needed and just kept her comfortable. I stayed from that time on. Monday, she got worse as the time went by, she fought it all day and into the night, we begged and pleaded for her to stop fighting and go but you know Mom, she wasn't listening to what we had to say, she'd go in her own good time. At 1:20am Tuesday, Oct. 7th, my Mom passed away.

To answer the question I hear a lot, yes, I'm glad I stepped in last year when she had her stroke, we never spoke of those 6 years, I don't know if she remembered what went on or not, we never mentioned it, we just went on as if those 6 years didn't exist and I'm glad we did. I'm not saying the last year was perfect, far from it, she was very demanding, and lots of times, a pain in the ass, but, that was Mom, she had been like that all my life, why would she change now? LOL

RIP Mom, I miss you...

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