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Here's what been going on: Kat is in hospital, and according to BC, she's unresponsive. He says she could go at any time; he doesn't think she'll even make it til GK's arrival next Monday evening. And of course, I have developed my annual case of tonsillitis/head cold, so I don't dare go visit her.
I stayed with her Saturday afternoon/evening...she was lethargic then, sitting on couch, staring at TV, conversation garbled. She ate a few bites of chicken and a morsel of cheese. When she toddled off to bed (around 7 PM), she said good night, and that she loved me like a daughter. I am more thankful than I can say that she knew me when I saw her last. That was sad enough, I don't want to see her comatose.
It's been quite a while since she's been herself; little by little over the past months she's lost her ability to communicate and her personality is not the woman I've known for so long. The last 60-90 days, she's gone downhill in every sense, but in the last couple of weeks, it's accelerated. Accumulation of fluid in her abdomen, pain, difficulty walking...marked worsening of her dementia and aphasia...it's been hell to watch, but the end is in sight.
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I stayed with her Saturday afternoon/evening...she was lethargic then, sitting on couch, staring at TV, conversation garbled. She ate a few bites of chicken and a morsel of cheese. When she toddled off to bed (around 7 PM), she said good night, and that she loved me like a daughter. I am more thankful than I can say that she knew me when I saw her last. That was sad enough, I don't want to see her comatose.
It's been quite a while since she's been herself; little by little over the past months she's lost her ability to communicate and her personality is not the woman I've known for so long. The last 60-90 days, she's gone downhill in every sense, but in the last couple of weeks, it's accelerated. Accumulation of fluid in her abdomen, pain, difficulty walking...marked worsening of her dementia and aphasia...it's been hell to watch, but the end is in sight.
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