lak48837
Member
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2007
- Messages
- 10
- Reason
- Loved one DX
- Country
- US
- State
- MI
- City
- Grand Ledge
Good morning all,
It has been quite some time since my last post and I had to re-register...got a little goofed up and changed emails...bla, bla. bla. I am formerly angelbab'smom. This is lengthy but I need to vent. Mom diagnosed in 10/06..she and Dad live in Mississippi, I live in Michigan. Mom is really fading fast. She made the decision early on she did not want feeding tube or vent and I have to respect her choice. She's down about 45lbs in last 3 mos. All she really has left is a very weak and garbled speech and her mind...still sharp. Her breathing is labored and she doesn't eat much of anything anymore...she's afraid of choking. I've been down 3-4 times this year and I speek with her on the phone everyday even if it's only for a minute or two. I can still hear and understand her and her nurses and my Dad are amazed because they struggle to hear her when they are standing right next to her. I believe God has made sure we can still communicate this way because we can't be together. Mom is tired..she's tired of the fight and has asked me to come down one last time and to come soon. She is leaving me and I need your prayers that I make it in time. My flight leaves this Friday....please everyone, please pray that I make it in time. She says she's waiting for me. We just need one more time. You folks have been wonderfully supportive, caring and brave. Please send some of that my way. Pray for peace for my Mom. I don't want her to suffer anymore. I am her baby and she is my best friend. Thanks to all of you for supporting this forum...without you I wouldn't have anyone else to turn to. I do have my family and friends but really no one who can truly relate. I will keep reading and post again when I get myself together. Please just pray as I pray for all of you. A special thanks to MtPockets for your help in getting me the contacts for Hospice. They have been wonderful. I pray for you and all in this community. Thanks again.
Laura
It has been quite some time since my last post and I had to re-register...got a little goofed up and changed emails...bla, bla. bla. I am formerly angelbab'smom. This is lengthy but I need to vent. Mom diagnosed in 10/06..she and Dad live in Mississippi, I live in Michigan. Mom is really fading fast. She made the decision early on she did not want feeding tube or vent and I have to respect her choice. She's down about 45lbs in last 3 mos. All she really has left is a very weak and garbled speech and her mind...still sharp. Her breathing is labored and she doesn't eat much of anything anymore...she's afraid of choking. I've been down 3-4 times this year and I speek with her on the phone everyday even if it's only for a minute or two. I can still hear and understand her and her nurses and my Dad are amazed because they struggle to hear her when they are standing right next to her. I believe God has made sure we can still communicate this way because we can't be together. Mom is tired..she's tired of the fight and has asked me to come down one last time and to come soon. She is leaving me and I need your prayers that I make it in time. My flight leaves this Friday....please everyone, please pray that I make it in time. She says she's waiting for me. We just need one more time. You folks have been wonderfully supportive, caring and brave. Please send some of that my way. Pray for peace for my Mom. I don't want her to suffer anymore. I am her baby and she is my best friend. Thanks to all of you for supporting this forum...without you I wouldn't have anyone else to turn to. I do have my family and friends but really no one who can truly relate. I will keep reading and post again when I get myself together. Please just pray as I pray for all of you. A special thanks to MtPockets for your help in getting me the contacts for Hospice. They have been wonderful. I pray for you and all in this community. Thanks again.
Laura