Today is the day my mom went to be reunited with my dad! My dad passed away May 17th 1998 and now the are reunited forever! I had the fortune of being there with my mom the last 5 days of her life...she was coherent for 3 of them. I was also her nurse..as family members looked to me to explain what was going on, what meds she was taking..was I over medicating her...why did she take such a quick turn from the way they had seen her two days before I arrived ...to the way she was now..all I could say was this is the dying process...people and their spirits pull away as they ready themselves for their journey home. They are not hungry..they are not thirsty...they may not talk much..but they Hear everything that is going on around them.
My aunt was convinced that my mom was thirsty so she proceeded to crush ice and put the chips in her mouth..my mom spit them put and was unable to swallow..
We had to get. Hospital bed as it was impossible to care for my mom on a couch and she could not make it to her bed...once we got her in the bed...I was able to get her breathing and pain under control.. But I knew it would not be long before she left our world...
We were able to nonintervention her head and read. Her psalm 23 and then each of us gave my mom permission to go..we told her we would be alright..and we would never forget her..she responded by nodding her head.
July 8th t midnight my moms breathing and pain was out of control...as I am working with Hospice to get her symptoms and pain under control...my daughter walks up to me and says "mommy Nana has to go to heaven..the dark clouds are here for Nana". I was in full nurse mode and said...hmm dark clouds maybe it's going to rain..I encouraged my daughter to give her nana a hug and ,kiss goodnight..and she went to bed...
At approx 445am my moms dog started barking and there was nothing around...we then noticed that my mom had put her left hand up by her head and it appeared as it would if she was holding someone's hand...
I knew it would not be long...
540 AM my sister puts Riley on the bed with my mom..to say goodbye and my sister and I walked out of the room...when we came back Riley was trying to jump off the bed.. And it was then we noticed my mom was gone...
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I eve she was holding my dads hand as he was there to take her to the next phase of our lives...my mom never shed a tear when she found out she was sick, never asked "why me" she faced it head on and was brave until the end...I know why she changed so quickly after me and my daughter arrived...and that's because she was waiting for us...she was going to see us again before she left this life..and we are grateful that she did wait for us!
To all of you with parents you may not speak too...take it from me...I would give anything to be able to pick up the phone and talk to my mom and dad...I will forever cherish them and miss them..
