Tuesday, May 13, 2008

On her way

It's Tuesday morning. I spent the night at the hospital, as Bill did the night before and Peg the night before that.

In the mornings, she seems a bit more responsive, and we've been able to exchange "I love yous."

Just now, as I was typing, one of the nurses, Debbie, came in to check on mom as her shift waa beginning. She asked me how Mom was doing. I told her about our exchanges. Debbie agreed, "Yeah, she's still here. She's all here." I responded, "Yeah, and mom is probably thinking, 'Damn!" That made Mom smile.

The Hospice Staff is here completing paperwork for the transfer, which should happen any minute.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Can't remember who shared the story but as mom was starting to fade one of the sisters made a comment that Jim was up in heaven telling Rita to hurry up that the fishing was great. In mom's condition very few things got her attention, us asking her if she wanted coffee was one.....Fishing and seeing Jim was the other