[VickiesPath]

Double post:

As some of you may know, things have been pretty challenging for me lately. If you are at all curious, you can check out my recent post in the Bipolar forum called "You guys are NOT going to believe this". My head is still not in the best of places but I am doing my best to hold it together.

Yesterday, my husband called his dear, sweet 94 year old mother in England for their usual chat and she was truly bonkers. He immediately hung up and called his brother who lives not far from there. The word is, she's been having increasing dementia and they fear she's had a TIA or full stroke in the past two days.

Today, brother phoned to say that they believe her heart is failing and the blood flow to her brain is decreasing steadily. Her vitals are decreasing. She's been holding her own for three to four years, considering her advanced age but it definitely appears that the end stage process has begun. I have always believed that God provides and my husband had only this morning mentioned to me that one of our CD's matures tomorrow (cash available for airline tickets).

Also, we have been planning carefully for months how to budget our money so that hubby can retire at the end of December, which he desperately needs to do now at age 68. We planned carefully and came to the realization that we can survive for more than six years on our savings only even if we have no other income, which of course, we do. So we are not in bad shape. The retirement means little if we don't have this wonderful matriarch of the family to visit, share stories with, and learn from. We actually had imagined that, given his mother's relatively good health so far, she would be around for several more years. This is a very sad development, to say the least.

I am only learning to accept the loss of my own mother. Now, we are faced with this. I will go with hubby to London and support him as long as he needs me. Maybe the change of scenery will be good.

I bought a hat several months ago. My mother-in-law reminds me of Queen Elizabeth. Shes a tough, old English broad. The Queen would never go anywhere in public without a hat. So, I will carry my hat box on the plane. I will honor her at her funeral by wearing my hat.

[Rmdctc]

Im sorry that you MIL is dying. I hope that you have sometime you and your husband can spend with her before she dies.

[Indie'sOK]

(((((( vickie )))))) I'm so sorry you and your husband are going through this My thoughts are with you

[jerrymichele]

(((((((((((((((((Vickie)))))))))))))))

[Diabetes Management]

Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix

Double post:

As some of you may know, things have been pretty challenging for me lately. If you are at all curious, you can check out my recent post in the Bipolar forum called "You guys are NOT going to believe this". My head is still not in the best of places but I am doing my best to hold it together.

Yesterday, my husband called his dear, sweet 94 year old mother in England for their usual chat and she was truly bonkers. He immediately hung up and called his brother who lives not far from there. The word is, she's been having increasing dementia and they fear she's had a TIA or full stroke in the past two days.

Today, brother phoned to say that they believe her heart is failing and the blood flow to her brain is decreasing steadily. Her vitals are decreasing. She's been holding her own for three to four years, considering her advanced age but it definitely appears that the end stage process has begun. I have always believed that God provides and my husband had only this morning mentioned to me that one of our CD's matures tomorrow (cash available for airline tickets).

Also, we have been planning carefully for months how to budget our money so that hubby can retire at the end of December, which he desperately needs to do now at age 68. We planned carefully and came to the realization that we can survive for more than six years on our savings only even if we have no other income, which of course, we do. So we are not in bad shape. The retirement means little if we don't have this wonderful matriarch of the family to visit, share stories with, and learn from. We actually had imagined that, given his mother's relatively good health so far, she would be around for several more years. This is a very sad development, to say the least.

I am only learning to accept the loss of my own mother. Now, we are faced with this. I will go with hubby to London and support him as long as he needs me. Maybe the change of scenery will be good.

I bought a hat several months ago. My mother-in-law reminds me of Queen Elizabeth. Shes a tough, old English broad. The Queen would never go anywhere in public without a hat. So, I will carry my hat box on the plane. I will honor her at her funeral by wearing my hat.

Really feeling sad for u dear..Ya life is sometime so hard to face...

[VickiesPath]

We received further word that what MIL experienced was a full heart attack which, the doctors said, she should not have survived given her age of 94. At this time, she is bedbound, with oxygen, a chest tube for drainage of fluid around the heart, on diuretics, mostly talking gibberish about WWII, occasionally lucid, but the docs say another coronary is inevitable and she won't survive the next one. She has requested no life saving measures and does not want to be taken to hospital. She is more than ready to pass over.

It's hard on my husband. He did go over and spend 10 days with her in September, thank goodness, but with tickets to London at $3,000 each, we feel we must wait to go. Fortunately, we have the funds to make the trip.

Since I last wrote, our house has flooded.......pipe broke in the wall between our two full baths and did a lot of damage. One thing let to another and we are going to have to have demolition and reconstruction of walls and flooring due to mold. All of this on top of everything else. Since both bathrooms will be out of commission, they are going to do the work while we are gone to England. Really no other way to do it.

Send good thoughts our way.

Originally Posted by Vickie in Phoenix

Double post:

I bought a hat several months ago. My mother-in-law reminds me of Queen Elizabeth. Shes a tough, old English broad. The Queen would never go anywhere in public without a hat. So, I will carry my hat box on the plane. I will honor her at her funeral by wearing my hat.

I love tough old English broads.

94 years old. I'd love to hear her stories of London during WWII (blackouts, blitzkriegs, etc). I love the stiff-upper-lip attitude of the English as well.

Travel safe, and condolences-- Mike

oh Vickie... so sorry you have to deal with all this! wishing I could give you a soothing warm hug. I hope you know I'm ready to listen anytime. love you, dear one!

When it rains in London it pours

pipe broke in the wall between our two full baths

Should never have talked bad about London town and its rain

just trying to make you smile a little bit...

[Junerain]

As you requested, good, warm, loving thoughts..

your way.............