Thought I needed to share this with my VR.COM Family.
My 89 year old Mother passed away Thursday afternoon. I got a call from my sister telling me the Nursing Home had called her to let her know Mother was complaining of not being able to get her breath and they were sending her to the hospital to have it checked out. As I was 60 miles away at work, I called Peggy (my wife). She said she would wait a few minutes (we only live less than 2 miles from the Nursing Home and Hospital in town) and then go over to the Hospital.
About 10 minutes later my sister called and said “She’s gone.” The Nursing Home said she just stopped breathing and that was it. It was very peaceful and she was not alone.
She was a strong Christian woman deep in her faith so we know she is in a much better place than she was. The last couple of years had been rough on her. She was not eating like she should so that was screwing up her blood sugar. She had just gotten out of the hospital after a sugar drop.
The one thing she did that helped us thru this was plan her own funeral. She made her wishes known well in advance to us, the Funeral Home, the Church and the Preacher. I would strongly recommend that any of you out there that have an elderly relative consider helping them pre-arranging everything. Mom had made her decision on what to wear, casket, arrangements, pall bearers, etc. Unfortunately she outlived all but two of her honorary pall bearers.
Thinking about it, pre-arrangement might not be a bad idea for all of us too.
My sister, my wife and I were not forced to make decisions she may have not wanted. It made it much easier on all of us. We had visitation on Friday followed by her funeral on Saturday.
Unfortunately, when I called my SIL Thursday to let her know about Mom, she was on the other line finding out that one of their uncles had passed away that morning. So we had to attend another funeral on Sunday.
Hope we get a break from funerals for a while.
May God Bless,
Danny
My 89 year old Mother passed away Thursday afternoon. I got a call from my sister telling me the Nursing Home had called her to let her know Mother was complaining of not being able to get her breath and they were sending her to the hospital to have it checked out. As I was 60 miles away at work, I called Peggy (my wife). She said she would wait a few minutes (we only live less than 2 miles from the Nursing Home and Hospital in town) and then go over to the Hospital.
About 10 minutes later my sister called and said “She’s gone.” The Nursing Home said she just stopped breathing and that was it. It was very peaceful and she was not alone.
She was a strong Christian woman deep in her faith so we know she is in a much better place than she was. The last couple of years had been rough on her. She was not eating like she should so that was screwing up her blood sugar. She had just gotten out of the hospital after a sugar drop.
The one thing she did that helped us thru this was plan her own funeral. She made her wishes known well in advance to us, the Funeral Home, the Church and the Preacher. I would strongly recommend that any of you out there that have an elderly relative consider helping them pre-arranging everything. Mom had made her decision on what to wear, casket, arrangements, pall bearers, etc. Unfortunately she outlived all but two of her honorary pall bearers.
Thinking about it, pre-arrangement might not be a bad idea for all of us too.My sister, my wife and I were not forced to make decisions she may have not wanted. It made it much easier on all of us. We had visitation on Friday followed by her funeral on Saturday.
Unfortunately, when I called my SIL Thursday to let her know about Mom, she was on the other line finding out that one of their uncles had passed away that morning. So we had to attend another funeral on Sunday.
Hope we get a break from funerals for a while.
May God Bless,
Danny
