my2002lightning
12-19-2004, 09:28 PM
Guy's, I'm hurting pretty bad inside, right now and running on 2 hrs. sleep since Saturday morning. :( My close maternal grandmother had her last moments on this Earth just around 7pm this evening.
Complications from a severe stroke approx. 2 yrs. ago, which, among other things, led to paralysis and inability to swallow food or medicine.
In an out of hospitals and hospice care and going gradually downhill. Months ago, she would refer to me as Regan and Roger and ask how college was - I graduated in '98.
Elaine and I call Mom/Dad on the way up to OK. this Saturday a.m. in the L to have early Christmas with Mom/Dad and Regan/Jenna. They say they're taking Christmas dinner out of the oven and racing to Durant as there's bad news.
We divert course and race over there in the L - vital stats are all over the scale. We stay late and go back to Mom/Dad's - we all go to sleep at ~1am today.
Mom gets a call at 3:20am this morning and we're all out the door asap by 4:00am, L in the lead as L's lights/fogs throw way more light than Dad's '01 Lariat, as blood-pressure is like 80/40. We get there and it's hit-miss all day - it hit 49/33 once and body-temp was dropping.
Nothing will break your heart like holding your Grandmother's hand this morning and telling her that you love her and that everything's going to be alright, your looking her STRAIGHT in the eye and Grandmother's giving you the "thousand-yard stare".:o
These pics were taken from Golden Proctor's birthday party a few weeks ago. Guess who the cake bearer is? I almost had to pull over in the L a few times this afternoon on the way back to Frisco and let Elaine drive.:o
TALON, I guess the point of this whole post is to call/visit your loved ones whenever possible and tell them how you feel more often because you never know when their time (or yours) is going to arrive.
I've been a pall-bearer a few times but never on Christmas Eve/Day. http://www.talonclub.com/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif
God bless, you Grandmother. You're in a better place, now. http://www.talonclub.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
Ronald and Elaine Brown
Complications from a severe stroke approx. 2 yrs. ago, which, among other things, led to paralysis and inability to swallow food or medicine.
In an out of hospitals and hospice care and going gradually downhill. Months ago, she would refer to me as Regan and Roger and ask how college was - I graduated in '98.
Elaine and I call Mom/Dad on the way up to OK. this Saturday a.m. in the L to have early Christmas with Mom/Dad and Regan/Jenna. They say they're taking Christmas dinner out of the oven and racing to Durant as there's bad news.
We divert course and race over there in the L - vital stats are all over the scale. We stay late and go back to Mom/Dad's - we all go to sleep at ~1am today.
Mom gets a call at 3:20am this morning and we're all out the door asap by 4:00am, L in the lead as L's lights/fogs throw way more light than Dad's '01 Lariat, as blood-pressure is like 80/40. We get there and it's hit-miss all day - it hit 49/33 once and body-temp was dropping.
Nothing will break your heart like holding your Grandmother's hand this morning and telling her that you love her and that everything's going to be alright, your looking her STRAIGHT in the eye and Grandmother's giving you the "thousand-yard stare".:o
These pics were taken from Golden Proctor's birthday party a few weeks ago. Guess who the cake bearer is? I almost had to pull over in the L a few times this afternoon on the way back to Frisco and let Elaine drive.:o
TALON, I guess the point of this whole post is to call/visit your loved ones whenever possible and tell them how you feel more often because you never know when their time (or yours) is going to arrive.
I've been a pall-bearer a few times but never on Christmas Eve/Day. http://www.talonclub.com/forum/images/smilies/frown.gif
God bless, you Grandmother. You're in a better place, now. http://www.talonclub.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
Ronald and Elaine Brown