My prayers are with your mother. A lovely photograph. Thanks for sharing. Paul On Apr 2, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Jay Taylor wrote:
> PDML'rs, > Definitely a great deal of sadness here with the Taylor family as we > prepare to bid farewell to my Mom. > She would be 88 years old on April 20th, but we are all but certain > that she will not be able to celebrate this years birthday. Unable to > recover from a colonectomy surgery performed in February coupled with > Aortic Stenosis, her condition has continued to deteriorate over the > past several weeks. > She had not been eating and drinking enough to sustain herself and > was back in the hospital within a couple weeks after surgery for > dehydration. With her fluids stabilized the hospital had informed us > that they pretty much had done all they could do for her short of > inserting a feeding tube which she would not want nor allow. The best > thing that we could do for her is bring her home to be comfortable > with hospice care. > Fortunately, we had just bought a new house last summer with a > "Mother-in-Law" unit in the downstairs portion where my mom and > brother were able to move in with us. So, the three of us have been > caring for her (my wife works from home) since her discharge about > six weeks ago. > At first we were hopeful that being back at home would give her the > motivation and comfort to have better chance of recovery. She had > been eating a little more and drinking Ensure protein drinks > regularly. > But she was still not taking in enough nutrients to sustain herself. > It seemed that she had just lost all interest in food altogether > except for maybe chocolates and a few select fruits. At first she was > walking around OK even by herself with the help of the walker. But > the last couple weeks she's gotten progressively worse to the point > where we could no longer even take her to the bathroom via wheelchair > because she started passing out from just sitting on the commode. > These past few days have been very difficult for all of us knowing > that she does not have much time left here with us. Though we do have > comfort in knowing that as a true disciple and saint of our Lord > Jesus and that a very special place in heaven awaits her. > She is truly a very special person. Loved by many who know her and > even those who've only had a chance to meet. You see, she is a very > loving and humble human being. I can never remember her saying a > negative or cruel thing about any single person in her life. She is > one of the most self-less persons I have ever known. Always willing > to forsake her needs for those of her children and grandchildren and > even people she didn't know very well at all. She has taught me so > much about life by the example that she lived each and every day; the > most important of which is Love. But if it hadn't been for her taking > me to church as a young boy and teaching me about Jesus I don't > think I'd be here to this day. I could have easily ended up like > many of my peers in jails, institutions or dead. > It' really hard at the moment to really reflect on just how much she > really means to me. I remain hopeful of better days ahead. Here is a > photo I took of us shortly after her surgery: > http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/76532119.31qAeDgY.IMGP0707.jpg > If you are so inclined, please pray that her passing will be > comforted by the Creator and those who love her. > > Thank you, > John James Taylor, Jr. (aka JayT) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
