My mom died without warning on Monday, Oct. 7. Her home-health nurse was visiting and had just changed her catheter. We were all talking and laughing about Disneyland, when out-of-the-blue my mom just inhaled deep and fell back onto her bed. My dad raced to her side to help her back up, but she was non-responsive. I called 911 as my dad and the home-health nurse started to move mom to the floor to perform CPR. The paramedics arrived in under 7 minutes and after 20 minutes of working on her she never responded to treatment. She was just gone.
R.I.P. Merrily Lane 1945-2013
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the stress of the whole situation was just too much for my dad. He collapsed with low-level pneumonia and has been in the ICU in critical condition ever since. He's getting better a little at a time, but it's a slow recovery process. Prayers would be appreciated.
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