Here I am. I feel numb. I got a call this morning shortly after 8 AM. It was the nurse at Comforcare. She had just called on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. It was the same nurse....and she doesn't work that often. On Thursday she called to inform me that there were bruises on the outside of Mom's elbows, and they didn't know how they got there. She was very sleepy that day and slept through lunch. So she called again today.....I always dread what they are going to say. Did Mom fall.....what is wrong.... and the most dreaded words...."Your mom passed in the night." What....my mom is dead? But she's been my mom for 58 years. I have not had many people in my life die. My dad died 25 years ago. When he died, I had my mom. When my brother died 18 years ago, I had my mom. Now my mom is gone. We have been through a lot these past 12 years. WoW.....12 years. The worst for Mom have been the last 4 years...after she broke her hip & shoulder, her hip again, her back, her other hip....and lost her hearing about the time that she broke her back. poor lady. ...then she got so thin....down to 92 lbs. oh...mom. I love that lady......my mom.
My brother Roger came and got me about 8:45. They checked on her a couple of times in the night and then changed her at 4:45. They went in to get her for breakfast at 7:55 and she had just passed. We waited for my daughters Kristy, Tracy and husband Lyle and then they called Worlein Funeral Home. They were so busy that they didn't come and get her until 12:45. Roger and his wife Carol came over this afternoon and we wrote up her obit. Mom is now free. She got to see Jesus today. Tomorrow we meet at the funeral home at 1:30. Visitation on Tuesday. Funeral on Wednesday. Long/sad days.
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