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I want to thank all of you for your beautiful wishes. You just have no idea how much that helps. It was a heart warming surprise to see this when I logged in just now. Chris thank you so much for letting everyone know. You've always been my voice when I've been unable to provide one. There are no words to express my gratitude and love for that gesture. My mom had struggled for years with congestive heart failure, but always beat the odds. No matter what doctors said, she always confounded them with her will to stay alive and make the most with what she had. And she did just that. But last weekend, she developed a slight cold that quickly got ahold of her. By Monday I had her in the hospital. But by Wednesday we were told she wouldn't rebound. On Thursday when she was no longer responsive, my brother and I had to make a painful decision to take oxygen and meds away and make her comfortable. There are absolutely no words for the degree of distraught I had over that decision. Even though it was the absolute right decision, it went against every fiber in my body to be playing a role in closing that door. But we knew the good fight was done and now it was about providing mercy from suffering. You know since my dad passed in 2007, my mom always said, " I wish I could have your father back for Valentines day." Well at 9:55 PM on Thursday 2/12/2015, she got that wish a little bit early. I'll miss her terribly, but I know she's very happy today and with my dad and all her brothers and sisters. Thank all of you for thinking about us. It means so much.
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