September 23, 2016

On Saturday, Sept 10, we had the memorial service for my brother, Lewis.  Since we had traveled to Woodstock, Ga for his funeral service, I tried to talk mom into just having a graveside service for him.  Deon, his wife, said whatever mom wanted was okay with her.  The service was really good.  Ben Crawford, Lewis's nephew, preached and did a great job, Jac and Jacinda Crawford sang a duet.  After it was over I was sure glad that mom's got her way.  

At the cemetery mom refused to use a wheelchair and instead used her walker.  This was the last time she was able to walk.  On Monday, Sept. 12, her legs could no longer support her and we called for the ambulance to transport her to the hospital thinking she may have had a stroke.  When the paramedics arrived she flatly refused to go to the hospital, so they helped her get into bed.  On Tuesday morning she woke up and said that it was time to go the hospital, so we called the ambulance again and headed to the hospital.  They discovered that she had a UTI which was probably causing a lot of her confusion, and treated her for that and dehydration.  She was released on Thursday.  On Friday we called in hospice.

It seem that Lewis was hanging on to visit mom one last time, and that mom was hanging on for Lewis's service.  Mom's health continues to deteriorate each day,  Also last week one of my favorite cousins past away.  Although he lost his battle with cancer, he like Lewis, has won the victory.

Apparently there is a lot more to putting up a fence for Max than I thought.  I am sure glad I did not try to do it myself.  Seems there was a 3 week turnaround in ordering the vinyl fencing.  Hopefully it will be installed soon, and Max will have a large area to roam.   

To close on a more positive note, Amy and I will be having another grand daughter.  Looks like  Kinsley and Cooper will be getting a new little sister.  Amy is headed to Virginia to visit them.

I did get to hike about 9 + miles yesterday.  This was the first time over the same section that I had fallen and broken my wrist.  No falls this time.