Mom's condition has not changed much overnight. Dad slept and we went home to sleep as the hospice nurse felt she could call us at any time and we could get there before anything major happened. I was there this morning to make sure Dad went to breakfast, which he did without having to convince him - he was really hungry :) Mark is going over before he heads to church - he is planning to preach this morning. It's a beautiful Easter morning here, and all is well :)
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I decided that if Mark could preach, I could do the singing I planned to do at church. Friends at church knew I had been to Ohio and why -- I decided I would be all right with this, as long as no one asked me about my trip. Any who did I told I would talk about it after church. Initially, I had thought I would not go to church nor go to Dennis's mom's for dinner; but with this report, I went ahead with the day's plans.
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About 3:30 pm this is what Debbie shared: "Mom's vitals are decreasing. The nurse could not find a pulse just now but she is still breathing. Seems she may go to heaven tonight." I knew that I did not want to leave the house the rest of the afternoon or evening, after we got back from dinner. I knew my mom was near the end of her earthly life, and I really did not feel like going anywhere OR missing the call I would receive, as Debbie had said that they would not tell us first by messages, someone would call.
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About 8:30 pm, this was the update: "Not much to report. Mom's breathing is more shallow. David Geraldson called and Mark held his phone up to Mom's ear and he spoke to her for a minute. Ginny called and talked to Mark. They are planning to come for the funeral. Jonathan came and said goodbye to Grandma. Friends from our church stopped by and ended up chatting with Dad for a while and listened to all his war stories. Dad went in again this evening and spoke to Mom. He does seem to realize the finality of things. Right now we found a TV show on airplanes so he is telling the hospice chaplain all about the airplanes he has flown. So we continue to take things as they come...."
---------------------------By 9:00 pm, Mom was in Heaven, spending the last part of Resurrection Sunday in Heaven with her Savior! When Milt called me to tell me the news, I said to Dennis, "She's gone." I was teary, how I would be for days to come. Mom is rejoicing.
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