Hi all.. quick note here & at Amy's place. Please pray for my aunt who I had lunch with yesterday (one of the conservatives) from NY visiting us... she had a massive stroke last night and is in ICU in critical condition. Prognosis poor. Her mom & 3 siblings sisters all died of hypertension/stroke.
Please remember my Aunt Dotty from Dunkirk? My mom & dad each had 6 siblings.. of all of them Aunt Dotty was my second mom.. yesterday at extended lunch & we talked about life, death, and said we would all be together again in 3 weeks for memorial day to do the annual grave cleaning /decorating at the three cemeteries.. I recall my last sentence was unless Jesus calls one of us in the meantime.. we all shook our heads in agreement as all have major med problems. It is always an understanding when good byes occur, many of you understand this..
thanks FRiends...
You and your aunt are in my prayers. God bless you.
No, we never know when a last day will separate us from those we love, last seeing my mother when I was 27, when she and Daddy put the boys (6 & 7) and me on a plane to go to South Dakota to join my husband...had a daughter up there she never saw, since we went from there to Fairbanks, Alaska for 3 1/2 years.
She died on Kevin's 10th birthday after a year and a half of being blind, deaf, unable to speak and paralyzed except for slight movement of her left hand...she'd been in the hospital for analysis, and they had found on a Friday a blockage in her carotid artery, and scheduled remedial surgery for Monday morning. Saturday night it traveled to behind the right eye and ruptured, causing severe damage.
My parents are long gone; sister, Carolyn, died 3 year ago, and in the past 3 weeks I've been struggling with the fact my one remaining very dear sibling, Anne, is essentially lost to me.
Her health at 80 has long been complicated and poor, but a recent series of TIA's (mini-strokes) has left her with "badly altered memory."
Now out of the hospital, with no more blockages/clots/etc. there, she is at her daughter's home in Sumter to "rest" - and will never be able to return to her beautiful house on the lake on Taw Caw Creek (Lake Marion), 6 miles from Summerton), even with 24/7 care there.
My other niece said she went to see her and Anne asked how her baby was -- the baby now over 40 and has a sibling, too - another day thought Maureen is pregnant now!
Asked how "David and Buddy are" - her son and black Lab dog he had at 10 - and David is 49 now. Then asked how David's 2 BOYS are - he (widowed a year ago) has only a daughter, Kate, now 14.
With very poor balance and terribly forgetful and 'lost,' she next week will be in a luxury Assisted Living facility a mile from Jessie's house in Sumter - the Assistant Manager is a family friend.
No more trips together for the two of us back to our childhood haunts all over Florida, and beautiful spots we know so well - Anna Maria Island, Bulow Creek, etc...no 'schedule,' but free-flowing, guided by our whims, and full of private jokes and laughter, with a sense of the utterly absurd..:))
But those precious memories are ours, and I was much relieved when she called me yesterday from Jessie's, sounding better, although said she had fallen again the day before...plaintively said "I can't go back to the Big House" (the one in Summerton sold years ago, expanding her lake house to over 3000 square feet for permanent living).
She bemoaned the fact she had't yet seen "David's baby," a girl now 2 months old - no - 2 weeks old, correcting herself.
Never to drive again will be so hard for her, in adult life financially secure and able to go wherever (worldwide) she wanted - and did, when she wanted.
The bright moment came when she suddenly said, "I miss our special times together..." - so she DOES remember our always close connection, and some of the memories!
It will be a couple of weeks before we can travel there to see her, after she is settled in. Our own ability to travel is extremely complicated, but it's vital to be with her, no matter what.
Do please remind your loved ones often what they mean to you, everyone...
Just saw this post about your aunt, am so sorry to hear about her suffering a stroke last night. She'll be in my prayers.
I'm just now reading the thread Dolly, and I'm so sorry to hear about your Aunt Dotty. Of course I will pray for her.
Prayers for your Aunt Dotty, Dolly.
My prayers go up for your aunt..and for your strength and comfort.
I haven't read of any up-dates on your sweet aunt--but my prayers are for her full recovery from this stroke. That you got to see her and have lunch with her before it happened is ironic, but gives you a sweet memory of her at her best. (((hugs))) to you!
Just ready about your Aunt Dotty. Prayers being sent for she AND you.