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Everyone,
While I've been in California taking care of my mother whose progress since her hip replacement surgery has been excellent, Laura has had to deal with her own mother's detiorating health. Tonight Laura called me to tell me that her mother was expected to die either tonight or early tomorrow morning. I didn't get a chance to say good bye to my mother-in-law whom I've always referred to as "Mom <Laura's last name>" I know the policy about revealing last names so I won't do it. Her first name is Loretta (Lori), so please keep her in your prayers.
I cried with Laura over the phone as she related how Lori's doctors reduced her pain medication enough so she'd be coherent. Laura got to talk to her and she told Laura she loved her and called her "pumpkin" and "baby"--terms of endearment she'd used for Laura over the years. KC and Jane got a chance to say their goodbyes to their "Grandma in Chicago." Then Laura just wanted to go to bed early and get off the phone. I then went over to my own mother and held her as I cried about my mother-in-law and how I didn't get a chance to say good bye. My mom told me about how she endure the early loss of her parents. Her father was just 52 when he died of throat cancer and her mother was just 60 when she died of ovarian cancer. My mother is 77 and her brother is 74; her father's sister Ruth lived to 99 just 4 years ago. This helped me see she understood what I was going through.
My mother is on Coumadin therapy and has INR testing done a lot. She's supposed to be between 1.5 and 4, but was low at 1.2. However, she got a nosebleed Sunday, and my sister's family and I had to leave church and drive quickly 20 miles back to Petaluma. It took time to stop it, but it did stop. I needed to be here to make sure she was okay for the next few days. My sister, who had to have arthroscopic surgery on her left knee, much as I did 17 years ago, got well pretty fast, but just today her knee locked up twice and has resumed being really painful. This setback may keep Amy from helping my mother when I leave. Pray that Amy's knee's recovery gets back on track--she was due to return to work on Thursday, but who knows now.
It's hard for me to be away when Laura is going through so much. I can't drive home until there's a break in the weather here in California. I plan on leaving on Thursday. It's a 680 mile drive back to Idaho and the Donner Summit in the Sierras may be really exhausting driving. I may be forced to spend the night at a Nevada motel part of the way back. Pray for my safety and for Laura's and the kids' comfort. Also Laura's father Ken and sisters Summer, Kim, and Tamara need prayer. It's going to be tough, so pray for strength and peace for all involved, and if it's God's will, for a miraculous healing. If not His will, a painless release from this life and mercy in the next.
Chris
While I've been in California taking care of my mother whose progress since her hip replacement surgery has been excellent, Laura has had to deal with her own mother's detiorating health. Tonight Laura called me to tell me that her mother was expected to die either tonight or early tomorrow morning. I didn't get a chance to say good bye to my mother-in-law whom I've always referred to as "Mom <Laura's last name>" I know the policy about revealing last names so I won't do it. Her first name is Loretta (Lori), so please keep her in your prayers.
I cried with Laura over the phone as she related how Lori's doctors reduced her pain medication enough so she'd be coherent. Laura got to talk to her and she told Laura she loved her and called her "pumpkin" and "baby"--terms of endearment she'd used for Laura over the years. KC and Jane got a chance to say their goodbyes to their "Grandma in Chicago." Then Laura just wanted to go to bed early and get off the phone. I then went over to my own mother and held her as I cried about my mother-in-law and how I didn't get a chance to say good bye. My mom told me about how she endure the early loss of her parents. Her father was just 52 when he died of throat cancer and her mother was just 60 when she died of ovarian cancer. My mother is 77 and her brother is 74; her father's sister Ruth lived to 99 just 4 years ago. This helped me see she understood what I was going through.
My mother is on Coumadin therapy and has INR testing done a lot. She's supposed to be between 1.5 and 4, but was low at 1.2. However, she got a nosebleed Sunday, and my sister's family and I had to leave church and drive quickly 20 miles back to Petaluma. It took time to stop it, but it did stop. I needed to be here to make sure she was okay for the next few days. My sister, who had to have arthroscopic surgery on her left knee, much as I did 17 years ago, got well pretty fast, but just today her knee locked up twice and has resumed being really painful. This setback may keep Amy from helping my mother when I leave. Pray that Amy's knee's recovery gets back on track--she was due to return to work on Thursday, but who knows now.
It's hard for me to be away when Laura is going through so much. I can't drive home until there's a break in the weather here in California. I plan on leaving on Thursday. It's a 680 mile drive back to Idaho and the Donner Summit in the Sierras may be really exhausting driving. I may be forced to spend the night at a Nevada motel part of the way back. Pray for my safety and for Laura's and the kids' comfort. Also Laura's father Ken and sisters Summer, Kim, and Tamara need prayer. It's going to be tough, so pray for strength and peace for all involved, and if it's God's will, for a miraculous healing. If not His will, a painless release from this life and mercy in the next.
Chris
