Don’t ever say it can’t get worse

Ellen’s mother Eleanor passed away today. She went quickly after her kidneys failed and a heart attack. She was the caretaker for her husband Jack who has short term memory loss. Today is also my mother’s birthday and we’re afraid Dad may pass today which would traumatize my mother for the rest of her life.

When we arrived at the rehab center, Dad wasn’t in his room. I thought he was in PT so we waited. After a while I decided to go watch his PT to see how he was doing. I found him at the nurses station in a wheel chair in a panic. He was holding a note with my grandfather and uncle’s names and an incorrect phone number. He told me he was trying to call them because he couldn’t get a hold of me. Dad said he drove to the 2 AM movie last night and the car broke down. He missed some of the movie because they changed the clocks forward one hour in the middle of the movie. The car broke down on the way home and it was towed to the Sunoco station. He was panicked because he couldn’t find his keys. I knew it was going to be a long day.

Dad was in a panic all day worried about everything. His mind was racing all day and he made no sense. He started losing control of his entire body at lunch and slumped out of his wheel chair. We got him into bed to rest and his breathing was very shallow and he was convulsing, We thought this was the end. In fact he stopped breathing completely for a long time and then jumped up gasping for air. He just won’t pass until all of his chores are done. I hope he passes peacefully and very soon. He’s working so hard right up until the end just like we expected. It’s so sad to watch him struggle and he doesn’t deserve to have this linger.

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