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Still been busy. Mom and Jeff butted heads for awhile about Christopher house and staying at his house. She really really wanted to leave the hospital to spend Christmas at her house, so the agreement was (and approved by her doctor, only because Hospice was involved) was that she get out on Tuesday, have Christmas on Wednesday, then after Gary and family leaves, stay at Jeff's until she needs constant care, or starts in a wheelchair, then it's off to Christopher house. That's how it was going to work.
How it really happened is like this: Jeff got mom signed out on Tuesday and was home in time for Gary and family when they came in town. Wednesday early morning hours, mom started complaining of severe pain. The pain pills she was taking didn't work (they were for a different type of pain), so she agreed to Christopher house if that's what it would take to get rid of the pain. So, they get her there about 11am and I meet up with all the relatives that have stopped by for Christmas, we pack the tree and presents and head over to Christopher House about 2pm. It was pretty amazing to see this tree and all these gifts come rolling in within hours of their new patient, plus a total of 17 people. Then we opened presents, and after that was done, had dinner that Azucena tracked down for everyone (Ham, sides, sodas, tea, dessert). More people visited Thursday, and former coworkers visited on Friday. Friday evening after Gary left, she got real nasty with the pain medication, so they decided to hook her up to an IV for a Morphine Drip. This pretty much said the End is Near. Her breathing got a bit better as the night went on, and her agitation started going away. Jeff, Sue, Anna and I spent the night and around 7:20am, Anna noticed mom not doing good and Jeff looked up and saw her last breath. I missed it by about 10 seconds. We had a few relatives stop by before Adam's funeral took her away.
Gary and Carol will be back Wednesday, funeral is next Saturday and we will probably have an open house either Friday evening or Saturday after the funeral and other festive's. Should be able to get some rest now, and also get back to work full time.