Saturday, August 02, 2008

August 1 - Journey's End

Yesterday evening just after 6 o'clock, Mom passed away. Lor had noticed a very significant change when she went in yesterday and as the day progressed she deteriorated even more.

At about 3PM both Diarmid and Kevin appeared at the Xray counter so I burst into tears and then left for the day. We arrived at Jubilee to find that Jim and Kim were on their way in to town after Christa had been for a visit. Adele came when she finished work. By 5 PM there was a big crowd! After speaking to the nurse on duty we decided that most of us should leave for dinner and left Jim and Kim and Adele there since they had eaten most recently.

We just barely reached home when Jim called to say she had gone. The nurse attending her was one of her favorites from when Nellie was at Mt St Francis, Greg. He is so caring with patients.
Lor and I went back into town to say our final farewells and to take Mom's things home. We have tried to call as many people as possible.

Today we are making some arrangements for the service - I don't know how quickly that can happen due to the long weekend.