Rest in Peace Mom

SDSmith

Wednesday afternoon Hospice told us that mom was non responsive and that they would be starting her on morphine that evening.  Dad had spent an hour with her that morning and he said it just wasn't her laying there.  He spent that entire hour just holding her hand and talking to her believing that although she wasn't responding, she was listening.  He told her he loved her, kissed her and came home.  After hearing that they were going to start mom on morphine, both my brother and I packed up and headed to my father's house.  I arrived at 7:20pm that evening and my brother arrived at 7:30pm ... the phone rang at 7:40 and it was the Assisted Living facility informing us that mom passed away at 7:37pm. 

I don't know if this is common ... mom had not eaten anything for well over a week, was non responsive and on oxygen.  Around 6:30pm she sat up in bed looking around and so they decided to wheel her into the dining room to see if she would eat.  She ate her entire meal!  After she ate, they wheeled her back to her room, cleaned her up and put her back in bed and when they all left the room, she passed away.  She had a last hoorah before meeting her Heavenly Father and I can't help but think that she waited for my brother and I to arrive at dad's house so that he wouldn't have to hear the news alone.

I am so very thankful that mom passed peacefully and although we are mourning the loss of mom, there is a huge sense of relief.  She is no longer suffering from this terrible disease, she is no longer frustrated that she can't talk and she now walks hand in hand with her Savior.  This thief we call Alzehimer's might be able to take the mind and body but it cannot take the soul.  I would like to thank all the people who have written encouraging comments to me over the last couple of months.  What next?  Well, we gotta kick this disease to the curb!  We gotta find a cure!  I am encouraging all my friends and family to donate or volunteer or sign up for a walk to fight this disease.  May God continue to bless all of you that have loved ones suffering from this disease and may my mom rest in peace.

Emily 123

I'm so sorry for your family's loss, and sending a prayer your way...

harshedbuzz

I am sorry for the loss of your dear mother.

SDSmith

Thank you very much.

Whyzit

May God comfort and bless you.

abc123

Thank you for sharing this with us. 

I am sorry for your loss. 

ladyzetta

I am sorry for your loss but as you know she will rest in peace, now its time for you and your Brother and your Father to get some rest. Your Mother is with you. Hugs Zetta

Sjodry

So sorry for your loss! I lost my mom on her 87th birthday on August 1st. It is a relief that they are no longer suffering..but I feel shell-shocked and lost. I have been her caregiver for so long, I don’t know what to do with myself. It is definitely an adjustment period trying to get used to a life which does not include her physical presence in it.

Wishing you peace in the days ahead.

Sandy

quartlow2

SDSmith wrote:

I am so very thankful that mom passed peacefully and although we are mourning the loss of mom, there is a huge sense of relief.  She is no longer suffering from this terrible disease, she is no longer frustrated that she can't talk and she now walks hand in hand with her Savior.  This thief we call Alzehimer's might be able to take the mind and body but it cannot take the soul.

  This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I feel the same way about my mother's passing. I think she's having all the conversations she desperately missed over the past few years! She was hospitalized after a fall, then to SNF, then re-hospitalized after neglect in SNF. Dad thought she'd left him, because she was angry at him "for making her fall" (which he didn't), or that she was dead. That's what broke my heart! We were desperate just to get her back to him before she died. They were together for a month before she passed. He was holding her hand and the sweet MC aids helped her sit up to kiss him goodbye. He needed that!