Phyllis would have been 89 years old today—-missed the birthday by just 20 days. I’m sure she didn’t mind missing it; but Happy Birthday anyway, Auntie! Jack and I will attend Mass at St. Anne’s today in honor of this day.
Janurary 22, 2008
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Unattained Birthday
Posted in Elder Care, Family & Friends on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Laid to Rest
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow will be two whole weeks since we had Aunt Phyllis’ funeral. She looked very peaceful and beautiful though not really like herself. We were told they had to work very hard to build her up as she was so thin; but she, indeed, did look wonderful.
The weather today started out as [...]
Peace in Paradise
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phyllis found her final peace at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 with Debbie, Peter and Siggi, Jack and Peggy, Julianne the hospice nurse, and Jennie the hospice aide, surrounding her. No matter how long we prepared for this, and prayed for her peaceful death, it was still difficult—-we loved her so very [...]
The Journey Continues
Posted in Elder Care, Family & Friends, Health on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today is December 31st—-the last day of 2007. Who knows what it will bring?
The last few days have been very difficult for Aunt Phyllis—yesterday being the worst. First of all, on Saturday, our nurse inserted a catheter as it had been getting very hard and painful for Auntie to be put on the [...]
The Journey Continues
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is now December 22, and life for our Auntie is somewhere between here and “there”. To catch up where we left off some time ago, I will fill in. After about 2 weeks, Seasons Hospice had to discontinue around the clock care as our Aunt Phyllis was now somewhat stabilized and pain [...]
The Ups and Downs of the Journey
Posted in Elder Care, Health on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we are now at December 9, 2007 and have experienced a variety of situations with Phyllis’ pain, awareness, comfort, attitude, etc. At the beginning of Hospice care Phyllis was complaining of constant pain which is one of the reasons “Continuous Care” was called for. They came to control her pain and make [...]
Toward Journey’s End
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere around the 20th of November, Pam and Jill of St. Anne’s decided it was time to request Hospice care for Phyllis because of her constant pain and unrest. The next day was incredible! First came the nurse who would assess the situation; then came a Deacon of the Catholic Church [...]
Next Step
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jack and I have been having real difficulty in our aunt’s health situation. She continues to complain about pain, prefers to stay in bed, changing clothes is not thought of, has some “accidents”, will eat some food but going to the dining room is a chore, doesn’t watch TV (can’t hear but insists she [...]
Thoughts on the Plight of and Care of the Elderly
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends on October 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I just returned from visiting our 88 year old aunt in St. Anne’s Home for the Elderly and here begins the story…… Aunt Phyllis’ husband, Uncle Roy died about 5 years ago, and on his deathbed expressed to my husband and me: “I am worried about Phyllis….who will take care of her?” As [...]
