My Mom is still very alert, and enjoying what she has left. I really did not know what to expect with this hospice thing. I thought she would come home, we would huddle over her and she would pass. Not the case most of the time. The hospice nurse said that she is quite strong and alert. She actually got a little better when she got home, because all of the medicine the were giving her was making her all loopy. However this does not hide the fact that the cancer is coming back, and her liver is failing. She has made it clear that we need to keep living our lives, but still come by and visit with her cause she gets bored, and needs to be entertained (My mother's humor). She has also stated I am to keep all the young girls away from Dad and his money (more of my mothers humor). She has always been good about making light of a terrible situation. So we have been stopping by every other day to see her, and it has been great. It is sooooo weird saying goodbye to a loved one this way. You get all the closure you need, and you know that you can send them off with a clear heart. It is very different that getting that phone call at 1 in the morning, out of the blue, that some one is gone.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Update on Mom
I get asked alot if this boat was in salt water. I am not sure this boat was in saltwater, but I know it has been moored almost all its life. The engine and interior metal parts show no sign of salt water. I have read about fresh water boats getting outdrive corrosion from electrolysis in their slip, and the drives get all messed up. Now she will be a trailer boat, or we will have it in a slip that lifts the boat out of the water.
My Mom is still very alert, and enjoying what she has left. I really did not know what to expect with this hospice thing. I thought she would come home, we would huddle over her and she would pass. Not the case most of the time. The hospice nurse said that she is quite strong and alert. She actually got a little better when she got home, because all of the medicine the were giving her was making her all loopy. However this does not hide the fact that the cancer is coming back, and her liver is failing. She has made it clear that we need to keep living our lives, but still come by and visit with her cause she gets bored, and needs to be entertained (My mother's humor). She has also stated I am to keep all the young girls away from Dad and his money (more of my mothers humor). She has always been good about making light of a terrible situation. So we have been stopping by every other day to see her, and it has been great. It is sooooo weird saying goodbye to a loved one this way. You get all the closure you need, and you know that you can send them off with a clear heart. It is very different that getting that phone call at 1 in the morning, out of the blue, that some one is gone.
My Mom is still very alert, and enjoying what she has left. I really did not know what to expect with this hospice thing. I thought she would come home, we would huddle over her and she would pass. Not the case most of the time. The hospice nurse said that she is quite strong and alert. She actually got a little better when she got home, because all of the medicine the were giving her was making her all loopy. However this does not hide the fact that the cancer is coming back, and her liver is failing. She has made it clear that we need to keep living our lives, but still come by and visit with her cause she gets bored, and needs to be entertained (My mother's humor). She has also stated I am to keep all the young girls away from Dad and his money (more of my mothers humor). She has always been good about making light of a terrible situation. So we have been stopping by every other day to see her, and it has been great. It is sooooo weird saying goodbye to a loved one this way. You get all the closure you need, and you know that you can send them off with a clear heart. It is very different that getting that phone call at 1 in the morning, out of the blue, that some one is gone.
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