Time to say goodbye

[alstaria]

This morning the lawyer's office called to tell me that Mom has taken a turn for the worse. I called the hospital and they said that even on the ventilator her stats, like her oxygen level, are falling. Even if she makes it through tomorrow, when I get into town, the family is going to have to decide whether to keep her on the ventilator or to let

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[girlfmkitty]

*hugs*

[sigma7]

Even when we know it's coming, even when we see it from a million miles and ten years away, it's always sudden and always terrifying. It's okay. ...Well, it's not okay, really, it's intolerable, and I'd give anything for you not to have to go through this, and I wish there was some way to share this burden, but....

The best advice that I can think of right now? You're blessed with a powerful mind and hyperactive intellect and suddenly that's a liability -- they're going to be running full throttle. Don't overthink things. Just stay focused. Do what you need to do, stay on task, don't dwell.

But I hope you're doing okay. All my best to you and yours. Take care.

[docmom]

Wishing you a place of peace in the midst of the pain.

[daundelyon]

All I can say is I'm there with you in my thoughts. This is one of the hardest times a person can go through, and I know this as one who has been on both sides of the decision.

[lareinenoire]

Oh, dear. ::hugs:: I am so sorry. You and your mother are both in my thoughts.