Frosty Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Deb's Mother passed about an hour ago, Deb's sitting in the car in a parking lot crying. Margie turned 90 a couple days after Thanksgiving and the whole family made a big party of it. Fortunately Deb got to spend the time with her and the family recently. While Margie's health has been failing for a while this was sudden. She was with her Husband Miles, daughter Kathy, son in law and the live in care giver. Margie collapsed and was gone before the EMS got her to the hospital an elapsed time of less than 20 minutes. If you could say a few words for her and family I'd appreciate it. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammerMonkey Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Sorry to hear this. Thoughts and prayers going out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Prayers sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Prayers sent.. Celibate her life not her passing ... Stay strong .. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Your whole family is on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Sorry to hear Frosty. You guys are all on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 A hard time for passing as the folks left will have it tied to the holiday in their memory. My prayers for everyone who knew her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Knee bent, anvil rung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 You, Deb, and family are on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I, too, was saddened to read this. Prayers sent for you and your family. May it bring comfort to all of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 Thank you gang it helps. We've been expecting this for a couple years and recently she's been pretty miserable and the docs couldn't find the problem. Deb was thinking Polymyalgia but she's not a healthcare professional so . . . It is tough coming just before Christmas and it's going to peg the event to the date for sure. Especially for Miles, Margie's husband. He's been in and out of the hospital a lot recently himself and the family had finally convinced them to get some help, he couldn't handle Margie's needs. Today was Willie's second day on the job and her main patient passes away on her. At least she was there and she's a trained for medical emergencies. Not quite EMT level but extensive 1st. aid training. I misunderstood, Margie made it to the hospital but never regained consciousness. Willie did good, took charge and put everybody to work while she did CPR. On the up side they had a BIG Thanks Giving, family friends and the retirement community in which they lived threw her a grand one seeing as her 90th. birthday was only a couple days afterwards. Family and friends flew in from all over, it was a DO. That's something. Willie's second day on the job actually got a chuckle out of Deb. It was a HUGE relief for me that she could find things to laugh about. She's tough but now we're worried about Miles and that's eating at her. Miles is frail and was living to take care of Margie, we're afraid he'll just give up and follow her. Fortunately his kids live pretty close, Mike is one mile away and all his kids have been asking he and Margie to move in with them. Miles has already said he'll go. Ah, I gotta sign off I'm really starting to ramble. Thanks again guys it really makes a difference. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gergely Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I'm sorry for your loss! Best wishes and condolences to you all! Gergely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 So sorry to hear this. Condolences and best wishes to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Olson Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Your on the list Frosty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasent Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 On the list bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmangeler Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I just saw this I will be praying for you and her and her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thanks Mark we can really use it. I haven't checked in here but once since posting the request, not because I don't appreciate you guys but it's a hard thing to remind myself of. It gets worse. Margie's husband Miles has been in failing health for some time but has kept going to take care of Margie. Much as many of us feared, once his kids felt he could fend for himself and left him alone he went to bed and won't get up. Won't eat, sleeps all the time, won't answer the phone or door and it takes serious effort to get any response. He just shut down and is laying there in the dark quiet waiting to follow Margie. Yesterday his kids had him admitted to hospice care. On top of that one, of Deb's sister's mother in law who is in hospice with final stage Alzheimer's, husband is now in hospice. Deb also has an aunt who's on the last slide in hospice. We all expect to lose our elders but not so many all at once. My parents passed over period of about a year and a half. I got to say good bye to both. Dad was in good spirits when he was lucid and we had a few laughs together. Mother was in a lot of pain even unconscious on near lethal doses of morphine. My sis and I turned off her life support as per her demands. Complications of surgery but she wasn't getting over them so we let her go. Both were hard but I had time to come to grips and grieve. Deb's just getting sledge hammered. Thanks for the prayers guys, this is really getting rough on Deb. I don't think either of us will even note our 90th. let alone celebrate. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Frosty, Just ran into this thread. Our prayers and sympathies go out to you from me and Marg. We feel for you and Deb during this dreadful chain of sad news. Leave taking is a companion of old age. But it's never pleasant. Please remember that we are with you two and will help out if you need anything. Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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