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Caring for Someone Close to Death…
(After this was written and published, Mrs. T passed away. She breathed her last at 9:20pm on April 19th, 2022. We are happy for her spirit. She fought so hard, and she suffered through a hard death. May she rest in peace and joy, surrounded by her family and friends, all of whom have been waiting for her for a long time.)
My mother-in-law, Margaret Terrone, is in her last hours.
She made it past her 96th birthday, and she’s gone through countless surgeries (triple bypass, complete hysterectomy, rectocele) injuries, (broke one femur one year, then the other the next year, then she fell down the stairs and fractured her neck, her arm, and two ribs) — and that’s only in the past ten years.
Her life was filled with family — her four sisters, her brother, their spouses and kids — and of course her own family, her husband and three kids and their spouses and kids. And their kids’ kids. Unending meals, homemade pasta, and the best cheesecake anyone ever tasted. She kept a spotless house that welcomed everyone to her table. Her neighbors all loved her.
Now, she is bedridden after fighting for many years with increasing stages of dementia. It has been an incredibly difficult road, but Elena (her daughter, my wife) and I have walked it…
