Wednesday, August 14, 2013

The day that changed my (our) life (lives)

i remember it like it was yesterday but in fact in was 2 years ago today that my mom left this earth as we know it.
she had been in the hospital since the 5th of August with mulitiple issues going on. we had been praying for a miracle - the medical side of me knew it was not good- i was still trusting God- we may not have gotten the miracle we wanted- but a miracle did happen - you see we did not know how long mom was sick - she would never tell us. let me back up
so marcus and i went to the hospital that sunday morning around 9 am (yes I told you I remember the details of that day vividly)- we wanted to visit before church- marcus wanted to sing to grannie - so he did then we met up with one of the doctors and he said he needed to talk with dad so we called and he was on his way. the news was not good and a decision of what needed to be done needed to be made in the next 24 hours the doctor said- marcus finished singing and with a heavy heart him and i went to church. as serivce was ending dad called and said it was not looking good and we needed to get to the hospital- mom had already coded once. we arrived right at 1 pm- we actually all arrived about the same time- lori and dad and the rest of the crew from home - marcus and i from church. nurse said she did not look good-the nurse asked if she coded again if they should resuscitate and i know i said no- i could not see putting her through it again. i went in to see her and so did lori- then dad said he needed a moment to talk with mom. lori and i stepped out and we both said you know what he is telling her right? yep go be with Doreen ( my older sister who died at 2 months of age). dad left the room, i stayed , held moms hand and told her i loved her and it was ok. i know lori was outside the room at that point. I stayed and held her hand until all the alarms went off and her ekg went flat at 1:26 pm- the nurses were awesome they took all the hoses and tubes off- we asked the kids if they wanted to see her and of course they said yes. with heavy hearts we said goodbye and left the hospital. however the miracle did happen she was not suffering in pain any longer- not how i would have done but I am not God
dont take family and friends for granted tell one another you love them and care about them

i love and miss you mom more then words can say


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