Sudokuaholics Anonymous 10

((( Hugs ))) and love to Suzy..

Just had a message to say Mum is gone

RIP Suzy's mum ♥

R. I . P. Suzy's mum.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

Morning all. Coffee is ready, help yourself.

Heidi, I did get the post cards the other day. Mammoth Cave is beautiful. I was wondering about Lincoln's cabin. I thought it looked small in the picture and wondered how they got it in the building

RIP Carol. ((HUGS)) To Suzy and her family on this sad day. Our thoughts are with you.

RIP Suzy's Mum
Condolences to all the family and big loving, comforting hugs for Suzy.

Oh Suzy... love and hugs.
Carol

R. I. P. CAROL

HUGE HUGS SUZY AND FAMILY

Suzy, thoughts and prayers go out to you and all your extended family. I hope you can take comfort in the fact she did not linger and continue to suffer. Small comfort I know, but at times of loss, we cling to any comfort we can.

Suzy.... (((((HUGS))))) Your beloved Mum is no longer in pain, and her soul is at peace. I'm so glad that she got to meet Natahlia. We all wish we could be with you to comfort you now, but we are with you in our hearts and minds.

Rest in Peace, Carol.

Had a little chat with Mama's daughter on FB. I am copying the message "she is alert and has been making slow progress but we will know better on Monday!" I gave her my cell number but she did not reply yet. If I hear anything tomorrow, I will either post or send an email.

Thanks Tami. I think all of us are very worried about Mamacita. This is scary, not knowing.

From what I have gathered on these pages, Suzy's Mum lead a full and enjoyable life. She was artistic, creative and bright. I would love to hear more about her. I think we should be remembering her and celebrating her memory instead of just mourning her loss to her friends and family. Does anybody have any stories?

Morning all,
It's almost 3am and I am just home from the hospital. I can't sleep yet so I thought I would visit all of you. Thank you again for all the cyber hugs! I really felt them.

Mum's passing was horribly and wonderfully quick. It's 3 and a half weeks since we found out she had cancer and only a few days more than that that she knew. It has been hard but I am glad I was able to be there at the end. I never want to see that again though! She never did get onto morphine, only fentanyl. Two days ago she was up and about and socializing with her visitors (in between drug and pain induced sleep). Once the kids left it was like she gave herself permission to go and it went fast from there. We figure with the amount of cancer she had she has had it for a long time and didn't know. She must have had a huge pain threshold!!!! She insisted right up until she couldn't communicate anymore that she didn't know before she told us..

I thought I'd share an anecdote that she and her friends told us over the last few days. When she was nursing she and her friends decided to play a prank on a night shift nurse. They set up a room as if it should have a patient in it. Water, messed up bed etc etc and wrote him up in the notes as a wanderer with alzheimers. There were no charts or anything, just notes and evidence he existed. The NUM knew about it and passed it on to the next shift supervisor, but due to big things happening at changeover she forgot to tell the next shift supervisor. The nurse they were pranking discovered the empty room (3 hours after the patient should have been checked!!) and the police were called to help find him. They were diverted from another call 40 minutes away to come back to help. Somewhere in there the shift supervisor called the NUM and found out about the gag.

The next day mum was on day shift but the other nurses involved in the prank were on in the afternoon. When Mum got to work she was dragged over the coals by the matron in a big way. When the other nurses came in they were too, but one of the things that was said was "I'd expect his kind of thing from McGeachie (mum) but not from you!!".

That's a part of my mum.

The people from here have been telling us stories about what she got up to here and it was helping a lot of people, giving people confidence in themselves, showing people what it meant to have a friend, making things happen etc etc. I know she nursed her next door neighbour through breast cancer and 2 heart attacks (she was at the hospital almost as much as we were) and helped out when her father got cancer too.

When she died there were 7 people there though only 3 of us actually in the room (my brother, his wife and me). The palliative care room had a little lounge attached and everyone else was in there.

This is the info from her facebook page that she wrote when she got onto facebook a year or so ago..

I am a retired nurse but really enjoy my art,paint as

I am a retired nurse but really enjoy my art,paint as often as I can and love living in my little small town .Have a lovely family and love them all.Also have a vast amount of friends up here and I dont think you can put a price on friends they are so valuable. Love life but if it ended tomorrow I can honestly say I am happy and what will be ,will be.

Suzy, thank you for sharing the stories. I have seen pictures of you mum's art and she was a talented lady. I can see where Alie gets her singing. Art, in any shape or form, runs in the family.

Suzy... The world was definitely a happier place because she was in it.

I just got off the phone with Mama's daughter. I hope I say all this correctly. Tomorrow is the day. She is still on a respirator. If she can breathe on her own, things should be ok. If tomorrow, she can't breathe on her own, it does not look good. Her daughter said that knowing we are all praying for Mama is helping her. She really needs all of our prayers now. Please keep her in your thoughts.

Thanks for letting us know, Tami. I'm gonna pray like I've never prayed before.

Thank you Heidi. I have your phone number and you may be the one getting a call to post an update tomorrow. Depends on if I can get to email or not.

I pray that it's a good update.

Suzy,my love to you at this time. I am pleased that you are remembering all the wonderful things about your Mum's life. It is a comfort knowing that she was able to live life to the fullest. Feeling lots for you, just hard to put it all into words.

Zusy (((HUGS))) hope you get some sleep.

Tami, thanks for the updates on Mama.

Tricia sent me her numbers also so if I can't get Heidi, I can call her. I also have the emails of a lot of the Aussie crew so I know I can get a message out.

Suzy, I have no words yet

Tami.... I sent you a sure fire way of getting me tomorrow.

Tami - I will check back tonight for news of Mama - hope it's good news. She's an inspirational woman.

Suzy - thanks for sharing that story about your Mum. She was an amazing woman. She is at peace now and out of her pain. I wish I had the words to make you feel better but that just comes slowly, and erratically. But as June and Gail said, words are hard to find at a time like this. (I may not be as close to my pooter as normal but I have my mobile with me at all times.)
Big hugs again this morning, hope you managed some sleep.

Another lovely spring day here in Bama. blue skies, a nice breeze, temps as they should be for March. Wish I could order up about 10 days or so of this weather, all in a row.

From what others who have lost mothers or loved ones have said and from personal experience, , coming here to sudokuland during our time of loss to read the posts, catch up with our friends, and hear the normal ordinary things of life going on with friends was a big help. It was a touch of normalcy when nothing in our saddened lives was normal. Knowing Suzy and remembering what she has said, I am sure she would enjoy the same, just some of our everyday chatter. So in addition to our condolence posts and in addition to our talking and sharing with Suzy the stories of her Mum's life, lets carry on with our chats, give Suzy a bit of escape here. Ya think?

Yes, I agree Tricia!
I have watched the sun rise over the ocean here in Swansea on a cool crisp Tasmanian morning. Today we will visit Bicheno, Freycinet and Wineglass Bay - supposedly the most beautiful areas in Tassie - which will be difficult, we have seen so much beauty packed into one small island already. Tomorrow we head back into Hobart and Kettering to catch up with our friends for a few more days before we fly home to Brisbane on Thursday.
It has been an amazing and wonderful experience but it will be nice to get home to familiar surroundings and to see our family.
It will be hectic because Andrew has found a new place and will be moving his stuff out of our place on the weekend.

I am now the proud owner of TWO closets. We emptied Al's closet, moved clothes to the dome closets, for the garage sale. I needed to get out summer lothing from boxes under bed, and decided I would just hang them in the now empty closet. that lead to going through old over packed closet. I had added some summer clothing in with the fall/winter stuff, cause of the changeable weather, Boy I found things I had not worn in forever, just cause I could not see them! I also discovered I have way to many clothes, and am removing a bunch. Not sure if I will get all them out I need to toss, but I already have enough to add them to the Garage sale.

Joy was down last night, we made signs, and left them on the table. I woke today sick at my tummy, and a headache. When both got worse when I was at the table, it dawned on me I did not like those fumes. yep, could still smell them. they are now resting, airing on th back porch. i should move them out to the dome fore bedtime tonight. I need to finish the last 3, but nope, not today, cannot stand the fumes.

I had a long chat with my niece in Georgia, Chris, the one who stayed with me when i came home from hospital. She hopes to attend a class to become Certified Nursing Assistant. No matter her natural ability and skills, she must have that piece of paper to be hired in hospitals. I am sure the class will be easy for her, she knows most of the information already, besides, she is a bit smarter than the average bear.

After signing up for the class, starts April 17, she heard from an application for job as receptionist for Probate Court in her town. They had her in for an interview. she is so uncertain what to do if they offer and want her before the class finished, about May 1.

Hugs to eah of you, with extras.

Cyn, so glad that Andrew has found a home for himself and the girls. After the move, your life can get back to normal.

Normal? What's normal?

Indeed, Heidi, what's normal??
Andrew just posted a cryptic message on FB that his little girl was sick today. Phoned him immediately and it turns out that she had a turn (epileptic) last night when she got home from her Mum's. It's strange that her turns are often when she's with her Mum or after she's been with her.
He has to take today off work to look after her because I'm not there and Karin has an exam - oh well some father/daughter bonding time!

Oh - and it's purple day for Epilepsy today so if you have anything purple, please wear it.
Love and hugs to all - off for a shower and to continue our adventures.

Suzy, Bernie and I wanted to let you know we are sorry for your loss. It is hard to lose a mom but remember, she is not in pain anymore.

Is this purple enough, CynB?

Heidi, who are you rooting for? Louisville or UK??

That's REALLY tough. Both, I think. Kentucky is supposed to be the best team in the country, but I think Louisville has the better coach. He used to be the Kentucky coach (3 National Championships in 6 years) and made the mistake of accepting an offer from the pros (Boston Celtics). He figured out fast that leaving the state of Kentucky was the biggest mistake of his life, so when the Louisville position opened up, he grabbed it.

Good maEn everyone!
Suzy: My condolences to you & your family on your mom's passing. I hope she passed peacefully. Here if you need me!!
Prayers ongoing for Ouima. Thanks for the update Tami!
Pueblo was beautiful but disappointing. Will get into details if you want to know.
Spent today in Salt Lake running errands. Chicken in the oven with Bisquick biscuits (with cheddar). Dinner shortly. Will check in later. Love & Hugs with extras!!
TTFN