The Last Goodbye.
I did not check LJ for quite a while and I am really sorry for that. I meant to keep up with you here but sometimes life has other plans. First work was quite busy, then my back went crazy again (but nothing so serious like two years ago) and then finally we had to let go our Mum at the 14th of May.
We had two years to prepare and knew that this would happen but it is always too early, too fast and just not the right moment. In the end it happened really quickly and was unexpected. She was up and doing pretty well just two weeks before, doing long walks with Amadeus. But this is typical for this kind of cancer: no pain, no huge side effects until chemo takes its toll and the organs start to fail. We still expected it to get better again just two days before she died, really.
We think that it was her clear decision to leave us when she realized that it will not get better anymore. She did not want to go to the hospital to stay there (palliative and stuff) and we were able to keep her at home till the end. We were both there and she left us in peaceful sleep. Sleep well, mum.
Now, the normal course of life returns slowly…
Take care,
C.D. Ward.
We had two years to prepare and knew that this would happen but it is always too early, too fast and just not the right moment. In the end it happened really quickly and was unexpected. She was up and doing pretty well just two weeks before, doing long walks with Amadeus. But this is typical for this kind of cancer: no pain, no huge side effects until chemo takes its toll and the organs start to fail. We still expected it to get better again just two days before she died, really.
We think that it was her clear decision to leave us when she realized that it will not get better anymore. She did not want to go to the hospital to stay there (palliative and stuff) and we were able to keep her at home till the end. We were both there and she left us in peaceful sleep. Sleep well, mum.
Now, the normal course of life returns slowly…
Take care,
C.D. Ward.