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My Mother and I - A Recent Issue

So my mother wishes to turn my childhood bedroom into some kind of Home-and-Garden's fantasy. I was immediately outraged, because just last month, I was in respite and whilst I was there, she tore apart my room. Literally - she even tore up my carpet. True, it was filthy. But we had a deal that I had until the end of the month to do it myself or she would help me. She broke her promise with no warning, even though she knows how sick it makes me feel whenever there is any significant enviormental change done to any part of the house - not mention my own bedroom. And I had never given her permission to ever destroy my carpet.

Now, a few months ago, I moved into the guest room because I wanted a place more mature and to make my own, in partial as trying to get my life together since I cannot yet move out of my mother's house. This may seem odd, but it seemed like a reasonable situation, considering that we never have anyone over the house.

My mother has died

My mom has been in ICU in critical condition for almost 3 weeks now and will most likely pass away soon. They have been giving her every possible medication and has been on 70-100% oxygen and yet she hasn't gotten better during this time, only worse. She has been medically sedated and at times medically paralyzed because the slightest movement decreases her oxygen levels. Since she is sedated she is not in pain but is not aware of me talking to her and generally appears in a comatose state (but she is really asleep as if she would be going to have surgery)

My mom already had asthma, diabetes, depression, sleep apnea, vertigo, 2 bypass surgeries and 2 bouts of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. She went to the hospital with the flu, that turned into pneumonia, and that became Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). She would have turned 63 on March 18th.

My father died when I was 16. So now I'm being asked to make decisions and authorizations for care, and she is almost at the point where there will be no hope for any improvement. So soon they will turn off the machines (probably Sat. unless she dies sooner) and she would pass away peacefully. 

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