Changes

Our beautiful mom

 We took these pictures tonight.  They will be awesome memories and reminders of how much we loved each other. 

Mom and Sue

Mom and m

Today was a very bizarre day.  Mom woke up this morning thinking that she was on the phone with "the mortgage company, trying to close on her house."  Then she asked me why "the Shitzu rescue people were here" [she doesn't have a Shitzu], and finally, she said she just had a vivid dream that the man next door had "barged into her house, got rid of all of her flowers, and then told her that they were going camping so that she could have a new life."  The hospice nurse told us that some of the hallucinations are from her morphine, and some are from the disease itself.  Either way, she's showing all the classic signs of "end of life."  She is dreaming about people she's known who have passed over, and she's very calm about going.  She has said more than once that she is ready now, and wants to be out of pain.  We have told her over and over that when she is ready, we are ready, too.  Luckily, hospice gave us a pamphlet, and it's helping us immensely in knowing the signs of end-of-life.

We are just hugging and loving on her, and enjoying being together, the three of us.

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Good day!

Well, semi-false alarm. Mom is bright eyed and bushy tailed today. Already ordering me around at 7:30 am! Lol. I love my mommy. And sleep. Wait? What's sleep? ;)

Mom is seeming very disoriented today. I'm sorry to say, that I don't think it's going to be much longer. It's hard for me to say this out loud, but I see the decline. I am so glad my sister and I are here this week. Thank you all for your support and love, always. ♥

My sister Sue and Aunt are with my mom again tonight, and my sweet niece Brittany Hagen flew in from Florida, too! I'm home with my family for one more night, and then we're all going to meet at Mom's tomorrow. Mom seems really happy to have her family around. She's even eating pizza! ;) My sister is getting to stay all next week with Mom and me. Yay

Buddy

I had posted that my mom needed a home for her doggie, but as soon as I posted it, her sweet nurse's aid said she wanted him. We're so excited that Buddy has a good home. ♥ My sister Sue and my aunt are here, too. Sue's going to stay a few days (instead of just the weekend) and that's wonderful.

UPDATE 11/15/11"
Buddy is now "truck driver!" He's been traveling with the nurse's husband all over Texas. He loves his new "daddy!"

Exhausted beyond belief. Aunt and Sister are in town to help. Feel like I have a newborn again. Love my mom with all my heart and soul. zzzzzzz

Inspiration

Sue, Mom and Me in 1995

My mom spent 25 years as a travel agent, and retired in 2010. She was fortunate to be the travel agent for the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Mavericks. After George Bush sold his part of the Rangers and the ownership changed, the Dallas Mavericks became her biggest client. Toward the end of her career, the Mavs used their own planes, so she mostly did their ground travel. Over the years, she has planned vacations for many of the Rangers and Mavs players and their families. And Juan Gonzalez's...."sisters"....;). Today she received 8 cards in the mail from the Mavs organization. What a beautiful smile it brought to her face. I'm so proud of my mom, and how many people love her. ♥