Just in case anyone who needs to reach us has not heard from Dan and I yet, we are fine & were at home when 35W collapsed yesterday evening. We have heard from all of my family who live in the Twin Cities and spoken or emailed with many of our friends.
Take care of yourselves.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Thank you
This has been a very difficult time, and it feels like it has been a long ordeal and a short whirlwind all at once. But it has been wonderful to get to know Mom even better through all of the cards, visits, phone calls, and e-messages that her friends and family have left for her. She touched different people's lives in so many different ways, and it is wonderful to see all of those memories together.
I think the only thing that I am sure I want to say right now is to pass along the details of the service and visitation, because that is all the "news" to post. So.
The obituary is posted with the Mankato Free Press. The short version will be printed in Friday's paper and is posted online here.
The long version of the obituary is now posted online.
The visitation will be at Woodland Hills Funeral Home Sunday July 8 at the Woodland Hills Funeral Home from 2-5pm.
The funeral service will be at 10am on Monday at her home church, Belgrade Ave UMC. Burial will follow at Eagle Lake Cemetery and we will return to the church for a luncheon.
If you want to share any specific thoughts or memories with us and others reading the blog, please send them as emails or post them to the blog. We do want to speak with everyone at the services, but in keeping with Mom's love of history and genealogy (and knowing that we are not going to remember everything that people tell us over the next few days) if you can write them down we will be able to treasure those things for a long time.
With love, Heather & Dan
I think the only thing that I am sure I want to say right now is to pass along the details of the service and visitation, because that is all the "news" to post. So.
The obituary is posted with the Mankato Free Press. The short version will be printed in Friday's paper and is posted online here.
The long version of the obituary is now posted online.
The visitation will be at Woodland Hills Funeral Home Sunday July 8 at the Woodland Hills Funeral Home from 2-5pm.
The funeral service will be at 10am on Monday at her home church, Belgrade Ave UMC. Burial will follow at Eagle Lake Cemetery and we will return to the church for a luncheon.
If you want to share any specific thoughts or memories with us and others reading the blog, please send them as emails or post them to the blog. We do want to speak with everyone at the services, but in keeping with Mom's love of history and genealogy (and knowing that we are not going to remember everything that people tell us over the next few days) if you can write them down we will be able to treasure those things for a long time.
With love, Heather & Dan
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The fourth of July 9:00 am
Linda is resting now with the help of the pain medication, and she is not hurting any more. There were family members here with her throughout the night keeping vigil with her as she lost consciousness. She's putting up quite a fight and her body isn't quite ready to let go of her yet, so we are still waiting for her to be at peace.
We know that it was her decision to be taken off of treatment and put into the hospice program. It's hard to watch her deteriorate but she told the pastors and all of her family that it was time for her to go and she is ready to be done with her illness. We have passed along all of your kind thoughts, prayers, and good memories that you wanted to share with her. She told us late last night that she didn't know how many good friends she really had, and she didn't know how many lives she had touched until now.
She loves you all.
We know that it was her decision to be taken off of treatment and put into the hospice program. It's hard to watch her deteriorate but she told the pastors and all of her family that it was time for her to go and she is ready to be done with her illness. We have passed along all of your kind thoughts, prayers, and good memories that you wanted to share with her. She told us late last night that she didn't know how many good friends she really had, and she didn't know how many lives she had touched until now.
She loves you all.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Tuesday, July 3rd
Hey all,
Mom is comfortable, just changed to a morphine drip to manage the pain better. She appreciates your comments on the blog, we have been reading them to her as they have been coming in throughout the day. She loves and cares for all of you.
Heather and I also thank all of you who have been reading this. We had expected this blog to be a bit further developed at this point when we started it last week.
Mom is comfortable, just changed to a morphine drip to manage the pain better. She appreciates your comments on the blog, we have been reading them to her as they have been coming in throughout the day. She loves and cares for all of you.
Heather and I also thank all of you who have been reading this. We had expected this blog to be a bit further developed at this point when we started it last week.
Tuesday noon
There's not a lot new to say today, but we wanted to make sure you all know what is going on.
Monday night was a long, long night. Even with the morphine she had, Mom was still in a lot of pain and was up a lot during the night. Dan and I were on opposite sides of her bed in a couple of fold-down chairs taking care of her. It's amazing how helpful it was to get a few hours of sleep, but neither of us was able to rest for more than a half hour at a time. I remember that at one point Mom woke up and said "blanket on my feet..." and Dan and I sat upright at the same time, grabbed the sheet on either side, pulled it down over her feet and immediately dropped back down onto our chairs. I think I almost laughed at that but I probably fell back to sleep first.
We are still moving towards hospice care today, but Linda has not yet made the decisions to remove the machines that are helping her stay conscious. Most of her treatment right now is pain management, so she's on a lot of morphine, but she still does have an IV drip and blood sugar level maintenance, along with a few other tubes and machines that she is hooked up to. Once she makes that last decision she will likely fall asleep pretty quickly. I'm just glad that she is being given the time and can ask for the guidance to make that decision and be at peace with it. She's asked to see the chaplain here and is waiting for a couple of visits from pastors.
We've got a borrowed computer set up in the room now most of the time, so when we see your comments we are passing them on to her when she's awake. We are also very grateful for the comments that you make for us, we are checking the blog regularly and taking comfort in your support.
Monday night was a long, long night. Even with the morphine she had, Mom was still in a lot of pain and was up a lot during the night. Dan and I were on opposite sides of her bed in a couple of fold-down chairs taking care of her. It's amazing how helpful it was to get a few hours of sleep, but neither of us was able to rest for more than a half hour at a time. I remember that at one point Mom woke up and said "blanket on my feet..." and Dan and I sat upright at the same time, grabbed the sheet on either side, pulled it down over her feet and immediately dropped back down onto our chairs. I think I almost laughed at that but I probably fell back to sleep first.
We are still moving towards hospice care today, but Linda has not yet made the decisions to remove the machines that are helping her stay conscious. Most of her treatment right now is pain management, so she's on a lot of morphine, but she still does have an IV drip and blood sugar level maintenance, along with a few other tubes and machines that she is hooked up to. Once she makes that last decision she will likely fall asleep pretty quickly. I'm just glad that she is being given the time and can ask for the guidance to make that decision and be at peace with it. She's asked to see the chaplain here and is waiting for a couple of visits from pastors.
We've got a borrowed computer set up in the room now most of the time, so when we see your comments we are passing them on to her when she's awake. We are also very grateful for the comments that you make for us, we are checking the blog regularly and taking comfort in your support.
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