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In reply to the discussion: Update on my mom. [View all]

slipslidingaway

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6. This may seem trivial, but get you flu shots, if not before the trip then on the way ...
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 11:09 PM
Nov 2015

then just try to enjoy the time you have with her, listen to her cues.

There are so many tears to be shared. Did this with my Mom many years ago, she perked up with my then 3 year old daughter singing songs together in a hospital bed. She died when my daughter was 4 and half years old, strangely enough my daughter switched from a business degree to a kinesiology degree and went on to med to school and now is an internal med doc. Maybe all that time visiting my Mom in the hospital had delayed influence years later???

It was a strange and sudden turn of careers ... so take your time, enjoy the time you have, even though it may be stressful and give what you can to your Mom. It may be tough, but you will be happy that you did.

Big hugs for a challenging time, it is not easy, try and make the most of the time you have and then look forward.



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Update on my mom. [View all] Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 OP
Warm thoughts are with you and your Mom. CurtEastPoint Oct 2015 #1
Thank you so much. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #2
I went through this with my sister, this year Siwsan Oct 2015 #3
Thank you so much Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #4
And let those tears flow!! Siwsan Oct 2015 #5
This may seem trivial, but get you flu shots, if not before the trip then on the way ... slipslidingaway Nov 2015 #6
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