Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 > > You're normal. > > Cindy Baudoux-Northrup Been thinking of you since it is hunting season. Prayers to you and more for patience. You are a saint and show such positive attitude. Love ya, Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 > > You're normal. > > Cindy Baudoux-Northrup Been thinking of you since it is hunting season. Prayers to you and more for patience. You are a saint and show such positive attitude. Love ya, Dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Thanks! My family did well with hunting. My son got 2 does (with a bow) and an 8 point (with shotgun slug)...the area he was hunting didn't allow rifles. My husband, Mike saw 9 different bucks from my hunting blind, but said only 1 was worth shooting (bigger rack), but didn't take the shot. I on the other hand, didn't get a chance to hunt. My company implemented a new computer program and we've had vacation restricted for over 17 months. We practically have to beg to have time off to go to the doctor. Today is a sad day for me. At 9:15am it marks the exact time, one year ago that I watched my Mother's passing. My sister always took care of her, lived with her....I couldn't deal with it...watching her slowly slip away. But that Sunday, I promised my Mom I would come over and watch her while my sister went to work. My mom had already declared on Thursday that she was going home and wanted a Black Angus steak, baked potatoe, corn and orange soda. So Friday,we got her all of that, and only I would sit with her to eat it, my sister couldn't muster the courage...of course I didn't eat much of it, but I certainly understand when someone is resigning their life. Family was called in. alot of them said good-byes Friday. My daughter told my mom that if she could hang-in their one more day, she would bring her some salmon for dinner on saturday. My mom agreed, and so Saturday it was Salmon....and more relatives. My sister put her to bed that night. Donna thought she wasn't laying in a position that was comfortable but my mom said, " I am very very comfortable " . Those were her last words spoken. Sunday morning, I arrived with a very ill feeling that I couldn't really take care of her (changing diapers, getting her up to change bedding, etc). My sister left at 8:30am. I was by my mom's bedside in the living room, noted she was still sleeping but I could see her chest and lips moving (she was on oxygen). I layed down on the love-seat in a position that I was facing her so I could keep an eye on her if she needed me. 9:15am, the phone rang, as I was getting up to answer it, I had to put my back to my mom. It was my sister asking if everything was ok, because she had a bad feeling that she should have never left the house. I started to turn around to face Mom, and to say, " she is just fine, she is still sleeping.....oh, wait a minute.....ah, Donna come home I think she just passed, she isn't breathing...no movement at all. (You have to understand that my mom's wishes was for ME to be there at her passing and she did not want Donna there because Donna doesn't let go. I had given my mom permission to leave on Friday. So this is what my mom wanted) I believe she knew Donna was calling and knew she would come right back home, so she passed right away. No noises, no movement, just took her last breath and life was done. I went over to pull the oxygen from her nose and made sure there was no breath, no pulse, I shook her. Then I called hospice and the nurse came by 10am and declared her dead. We just had a Hospice remembrance tree lighting ceremony. Something I said was that it reduced the person life to an ornament on a tree. So after 1 year, the salt was poured over the wound again. oops, time to get on the phones at work...pretty sure there are many power outages since Michigan got dumped on pretty hard last night. That Cindy Baudoux-Northrup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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