Going on:
Connie, my mother-in-law, died tonight at 11:28 pm, Central Time, here at our home in Lisle. Susan, Meredith and I were all with her at the time.
She had been sliding downhill breathing-wise for the last couple of days, and was having a lot of trouble tonight; the oxygen machine was having problems as well, and it finally got fixed shortly before she died. The nurse was coming here for some help with her breathing, and ended up getting here in time for Connie to give her last breaths. She’s here now, calling the coroner’s office and the crematory folks.
Mere is hard to read, but she was crying a little. Susan is pretty OK all things considered, but she’s very sad and very very weary, and we’re all worn out and exhausted in all directions as we try to deal with the details. The hospice folks will be here tomorrow to take the equipment back, and the crematory folks will be here for Connie in the morning at 8 am.
The present plans are to take the ashes back to Sioux Falls and have a Memorial service in January; more details on that later. More details on everything later.
I told her to say hello to Jackie (my mom) when she saw her for me…