My mom

May 5, 2008

Trista, Thank you for sharing this spiritual experience with us. While such a sadness is left when a loved one moves on, they so often leave us with these amazing gifts in their passing, to let us know that they are okay, and that we are okay. Thank you for sharing this and reminding us all. And, as former ICU nurse -- I am so glad your mother and your family were blessed with such heartfelt care. I'm sure the nurses felt just as blessed to be allowed to be apart of your lives. Please now, do what you need to do to take care of you... Kami "tabeloe37@..." wrote: As you all know, my mom has been in the hospital. She was only expected to live 2-3 days, and yesterday marked her 37th day there. Last night (Tuesday 4/29) she went to be with her Lord at 8:40 pm. The entire 37 day period was an incredible experience. God has taught me so much, and I have seen so many blessings. I have seen first hand, the love and compassion of the people all around me. We were blessed EVERY day and night with the BEST nurses we've ever seen. They blessed us, and we have blessed them through this experience. (many shared this with me) On April 19th 2 doctors were planning on doing a biopsy on my mom, to make sure that the liver blockage was really cancer. I found out that they would be doing it in her ICU room. I also found out that she was completely expected to die during this procedures. They are normally done in the OR, but the Dr. was doing it in her room, because he was sure she'd die. I did not know this, when I gave my consent for this to be done. A wonderful Dr. saw me and came in to check on my mom. He was very upset when he found out that the other doctors were doing this biopsy, AFTER he had already told them that it couldn't be done without 1) killing her, and 2) without opening her up. With the info he shared with me, I decided to cancel the biopsy. That day, since she was not getting any better, I decided to have her extubated, and to stop dialysis. On 4/21, my mom had 3 or 4 seizures. It was so horrible. I

was there for the last and longest one. 3 minutes is a very long time, when you are watching your mom have a seizure. A wonderful thing happened 4/22. My mom was calling out, saying "Mom! Mama!" and "My God, my God". I asked her if she was seeing my gma, and the Lord, and she said, "yes" in amazement. That night after I left, she also spoke to my aunt. They had been estranged from each other for almost 6 years. They made up, and my aunt was able to spend the last couple of weeks of my mom's life with her. The next day on 4/23, not 1, but 2 doctors called me. They were both very shocked to find my mother awake and talking to them. I didn't realize that she was awake, I just thought that she was saying some things in her semi-coma state. She told the doctors that they were starving her, and she wanted to eat! LOL. So, a pureed diet was

ordered and she began eating that day at lunch. She told us that she had seen gma, but it wasn't time to go yet. She was able to visit with so many people that day. She ate and visited and prayed. It was awesome. The next day, she was in a coma like state again. She went in and out for the next 4-5 days. Sometimes she'd eat 100% of her meal, and other times, she ate nothing. I did get to get her some yogurt and my aunts bought her ice creams, and she really enjoyed them. On 4/28 she stopped eating completely and was hard to rouse. I went home at 9 pm, leaving my aunt to stay the night with her. At 10 pm, she called saying the nurses said I should come. Her BP was 60/30. My aunt , aunt Alice, and myself, stayed the night. We slept in chairs, on the floor, and

took turns on the fold out chair. By the next morning she had a fever of 103*. Her breathing was shallow and fast. We all decided that we would be staying with her until the Lord called her home. She continued breathing fast and shallow, then suddenly her breathing slowed from 45 per minute to 20 per minute. 4 minutes later, she passed quietly from this world to the next, with us holding her hands and whispering in her ear. I have no doubts that she is now having "orientation" to Heaven. My mom wanted cremation, so we feel no rush to have a service. I will be organizing a celebration of life, and will be putting the where's and when's in her obituary, when it's time. I will also be sending some invitations. So many of you have emailed, saying you

were praying for us. Thank you all! Your support, prayers and comforting words have touched us so, and we appreciate you all. We have more news. Last Friday (4/25) Steve was finally named dad to our older 2 boys. We had a hearing, and we all (even the boys) got to sign the adoption orders. We are all so happy about this. My mom was able to hear me tell her Friday that it was final. She was happy. She has been waiting for this, as much as we have. I hope to be able to catch up with you all soon. Right now, I am just trying to "live life". For the last 38 days, my family has been without me, since I was constantly at the hospital. I have a ton of laundry to do, and need to catch up on my rest. I feel a flare up coming on. Thank you all again! You have all blessed us so much. Blessings, Trista Christians who stand strong are like flowers; the more you crush them, the stronger the fragrance. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

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May 5, 2008

Trista, Thank you for sharing this spiritual experience with us. While such a sadness is left when a loved one moves on, they so often leave us with these amazing gifts in their passing, to let us know that they are okay, and that we are okay. Thank you for sharing this and reminding us all. And, as former ICU nurse -- I am so glad your mother and your family were blessed with such heartfelt care. I'm sure the nurses felt just as blessed to be allowed to be apart of your lives. Please now, do what you need to do to take care of you... Kami "tabeloe37@..." wrote: As you all know, my mom has been in the hospital. She was only expected to live 2-3 days, and yesterday marked her 37th day there. Last night (Tuesday 4/29) she went to be with her Lord at 8:40 pm. The entire 37 day period was an incredible experience. God has taught me so much, and I have seen so many blessings. I have seen first hand, the love and compassion of the people all around me. We were blessed EVERY day and night with the BEST nurses we've ever seen. They blessed us, and we have blessed them through this experience. (many shared this with me) On April 19th 2 doctors were planning on doing a biopsy on my mom, to make sure that the liver blockage was really cancer. I found out that they would be doing it in her ICU room. I also found out that she was completely expected to die during this procedures. They are normally done in the OR, but the Dr. was doing it in her room, because he was sure she'd die. I did not know this, when I gave my consent for this to be done. A wonderful Dr. saw me and came in to check on my mom. He was very upset when he found out that the other doctors were doing this biopsy, AFTER he had already told them that it couldn't be done without 1) killing her, and 2) without opening her up. With the info he shared with me, I decided to cancel the biopsy. That day, since she was not getting any better, I decided to have her extubated, and to stop dialysis. On 4/21, my mom had 3 or 4 seizures. It was so horrible. I

was there for the last and longest one. 3 minutes is a very long time, when you are watching your mom have a seizure. A wonderful thing happened 4/22. My mom was calling out, saying "Mom! Mama!" and "My God, my God". I asked her if she was seeing my gma, and the Lord, and she said, "yes" in amazement. That night after I left, she also spoke to my aunt. They had been estranged from each other for almost 6 years. They made up, and my aunt was able to spend the last couple of weeks of my mom's life with her. The next day on 4/23, not 1, but 2 doctors called me. They were both very shocked to find my mother awake and talking to them. I didn't realize that she was awake, I just thought that she was saying some things in her semi-coma state. She told the doctors that they were starving her, and she wanted to eat! LOL. So, a pureed diet was

ordered and she began eating that day at lunch. She told us that she had seen gma, but it wasn't time to go yet. She was able to visit with so many people that day. She ate and visited and prayed. It was awesome. The next day, she was in a coma like state again. She went in and out for the next 4-5 days. Sometimes she'd eat 100% of her meal, and other times, she ate nothing. I did get to get her some yogurt and my aunts bought her ice creams, and she really enjoyed them. On 4/28 she stopped eating completely and was hard to rouse. I went home at 9 pm, leaving my aunt to stay the night with her. At 10 pm, she called saying the nurses said I should come. Her BP was 60/30. My aunt , aunt Alice, and myself, stayed the night. We slept in chairs, on the floor, and

took turns on the fold out chair. By the next morning she had a fever of 103*. Her breathing was shallow and fast. We all decided that we would be staying with her until the Lord called her home. She continued breathing fast and shallow, then suddenly her breathing slowed from 45 per minute to 20 per minute. 4 minutes later, she passed quietly from this world to the next, with us holding her hands and whispering in her ear. I have no doubts that she is now having "orientation" to Heaven. My mom wanted cremation, so we feel no rush to have a service. I will be organizing a celebration of life, and will be putting the where's and when's in her obituary, when it's time. I will also be sending some invitations. So many of you have emailed, saying you

were praying for us. Thank you all! Your support, prayers and comforting words have touched us so, and we appreciate you all. We have more news. Last Friday (4/25) Steve was finally named dad to our older 2 boys. We had a hearing, and we all (even the boys) got to sign the adoption orders. We are all so happy about this. My mom was able to hear me tell her Friday that it was final. She was happy. She has been waiting for this, as much as we have. I hope to be able to catch up with you all soon. Right now, I am just trying to "live life". For the last 38 days, my family has been without me, since I was constantly at the hospital. I have a ton of laundry to do, and need to catch up on my rest. I feel a flare up coming on. Thank you all again! You have all blessed us so much. Blessings, Trista Christians who stand strong are like flowers; the more you crush them, the stronger the fragrance. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

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May 5, 2008

Trista, Thank you for sharing this spiritual experience with us. While such a sadness is left when a loved one moves on, they so often leave us with these amazing gifts in their passing, to let us know that they are okay, and that we are okay. Thank you for sharing this and reminding us all. And, as former ICU nurse -- I am so glad your mother and your family were blessed with such heartfelt care. I'm sure the nurses felt just as blessed to be allowed to be apart of your lives. Please now, do what you need to do to take care of you... Kami "tabeloe37@..." wrote: As you all know, my mom has been in the hospital. She was only expected to live 2-3 days, and yesterday marked her 37th day there. Last night (Tuesday 4/29) she went to be with her Lord at 8:40 pm. The entire 37 day period was an incredible experience. God has taught me so much, and I have seen so many blessings. I have seen first hand, the love and compassion of the people all around me. We were blessed EVERY day and night with the BEST nurses we've ever seen. They blessed us, and we have blessed them through this experience. (many shared this with me) On April 19th 2 doctors were planning on doing a biopsy on my mom, to make sure that the liver blockage was really cancer. I found out that they would be doing it in her ICU room. I also found out that she was completely expected to die during this procedures. They are normally done in the OR, but the Dr. was doing it in her room, because he was sure she'd die. I did not know this, when I gave my consent for this to be done. A wonderful Dr. saw me and came in to check on my mom. He was very upset when he found out that the other doctors were doing this biopsy, AFTER he had already told them that it couldn't be done without 1) killing her, and 2) without opening her up. With the info he shared with me, I decided to cancel the biopsy. That day, since she was not getting any better, I decided to have her extubated, and to stop dialysis. On 4/21, my mom had 3 or 4 seizures. It was so horrible. I

was there for the last and longest one. 3 minutes is a very long time, when you are watching your mom have a seizure. A wonderful thing happened 4/22. My mom was calling out, saying "Mom! Mama!" and "My God, my God". I asked her if she was seeing my gma, and the Lord, and she said, "yes" in amazement. That night after I left, she also spoke to my aunt. They had been estranged from each other for almost 6 years. They made up, and my aunt was able to spend the last couple of weeks of my mom's life with her. The next day on 4/23, not 1, but 2 doctors called me. They were both very shocked to find my mother awake and talking to them. I didn't realize that she was awake, I just thought that she was saying some things in her semi-coma state. She told the doctors that they were starving her, and she wanted to eat! LOL. So, a pureed diet was

ordered and she began eating that day at lunch. She told us that she had seen gma, but it wasn't time to go yet. She was able to visit with so many people that day. She ate and visited and prayed. It was awesome. The next day, she was in a coma like state again. She went in and out for the next 4-5 days. Sometimes she'd eat 100% of her meal, and other times, she ate nothing. I did get to get her some yogurt and my aunts bought her ice creams, and she really enjoyed them. On 4/28 she stopped eating completely and was hard to rouse. I went home at 9 pm, leaving my aunt to stay the night with her. At 10 pm, she called saying the nurses said I should come. Her BP was 60/30. My aunt , aunt Alice, and myself, stayed the night. We slept in chairs, on the floor, and

took turns on the fold out chair. By the next morning she had a fever of 103*. Her breathing was shallow and fast. We all decided that we would be staying with her until the Lord called her home. She continued breathing fast and shallow, then suddenly her breathing slowed from 45 per minute to 20 per minute. 4 minutes later, she passed quietly from this world to the next, with us holding her hands and whispering in her ear. I have no doubts that she is now having "orientation" to Heaven. My mom wanted cremation, so we feel no rush to have a service. I will be organizing a celebration of life, and will be putting the where's and when's in her obituary, when it's time. I will also be sending some invitations. So many of you have emailed, saying you

were praying for us. Thank you all! Your support, prayers and comforting words have touched us so, and we appreciate you all. We have more news. Last Friday (4/25) Steve was finally named dad to our older 2 boys. We had a hearing, and we all (even the boys) got to sign the adoption orders. We are all so happy about this. My mom was able to hear me tell her Friday that it was final. She was happy. She has been waiting for this, as much as we have. I hope to be able to catch up with you all soon. Right now, I am just trying to "live life". For the last 38 days, my family has been without me, since I was constantly at the hospital. I have a ton of laundry to do, and need to catch up on my rest. I feel a flare up coming on. Thank you all again! You have all blessed us so much. Blessings, Trista Christians who stand strong are like flowers; the more you crush them, the stronger the fragrance. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

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May 6, 2008

I think it was their calling and with all the prayers the angels had a hand into it too.

As they say down here - Go with God and sleep.

Re: My mom

Kami, EVERY single nurse in ICU was incredible. I wasn't sure whether it was because it was their "calling" as ICU nurses, or God orchestrating the experience. I want to express my thanks to them, but I'm still not sure what I want to do.

And yes, I need to relax a little now, and get some rest. Kami <pilot_989> wrote:

Trista, Thank you for sharing this spiritual experience with us. While such a sadness is left when a loved one moves on, they so often leave us with these amazing gifts in their passing, to let us know that they are okay, and that we are okay. Thank you for sharing this and reminding us all.

And, as former ICU nurse -- I am so glad your mother and your family were blessed with such heartfelt care. I'm sure the nurses felt just as blessed to be allowed to be apart of your lives.

Please now, do what you need to do to take care of you...

Kami

"tabeloe37" <tabeloe37> wrote:

As you all know, my mom has been in the hospital. She was only expected to! live 2-3 days, and yesterday marked her 37th day there.

Last night (Tuesday 4/29) she went to be with her Lord at 8:40 pm. The entire 37 day period was an incredible experience. God has taught me so much, and I have seen so many blessings. I have seen first hand, the love and compassion of the people all around me. We were blessed EVERY day and night with the BEST nurses we've ever seen. They blessed us, and we have blessed them through this experience. (many shared this with me)

On April 19th 2 doctors were planning on doing a biopsy on my mom, to make sure that the liver blockage was really cancer. I found out that they would be doing it in her ICU room. I also found out that she was completely expected to die during this procedures. They are normally done in the OR, but the Dr. was doing it in her room, because he was sure she'd die. I did not know this, when I gave my consent for this to be done. A wonderful Dr. saw me and came in to check on my mom. He was very upset when he found out that the other doctors were doing this biopsy, AFTER he had already told them that it couldn't be done without 1) killing her, and 2) without opening her up. With the info he shared with me, I decided to cancel the biopsy. That day, since she was not getting any better, I decided to have her extubated, and to stop dialysis. On 4/21, my mom had 3 or 4 seizures. It was so horrible. I was there for the last and longest one. 3 minutes is a very long time, when you are watching your mom have a seizure.

A wonderful thing happened 4/22. My mom was calling out, saying "Mom! Mama!" and "My God, my God". I asked her if she was seeing my gma, and the Lord, and she said, "yes" in amazement. That night after I left, she also spoke to my aunt. They had been estranged from each other for almost 6 years. They made up, and my aunt was able to spend the last couple of weeks of my mom's life with her. The next day on 4/23, not 1, but 2 doctors called me. They were both very shocked to find my mother awake and talking to them. I didn't realize that she was awake, I just thought that she was saying some things in her semi-coma state. She told the doctors that they were starving her, and she wanted to eat! LOL. So, a pureed diet was ordered and she began eating that day at lunch. She told us that she had seen gma, but it wasn't time to go yet. She was able to visit with so many people that day. She ate and visited and prayed. It was awesome.

The next day, she was in a coma like state again. She went in and out for the next 4-5 days. Sometimes she'd eat 100% of her meal, and other times, she ate nothing.

I did get to get her some yogurt and my aunts bought her ice creams, and she really enjoyed them. On 4/28 she stopped eating completely and was hard to rouse. I went home at 9 pm, leaving my aunt to stay the night with her. At 10 pm, she called saying the nurses said I should come. Her BP was 60/30. My aunt , aunt Alice, and myself, stayed the night. We slept in chairs, on the floor, and took turns on the fold out chair. By the next morning she had a fever of 103*. Her breathing was shallow and fast. We all decided that we would be staying with her until the Lord called her home.

She continued breathing fast and shallow, then suddenly her breathing slowed from 45 ! per minute to 20 per minute. 4 minutes later, she passed quietly from this world to the next, with us holding her hands and whispering in her ear. I have no doubts that she is now having "orientation" to Heaven.

My mom wanted cremation, so we feel no rush to have a service. I will be organizing a celebration of life, and will be putting the where's and when's in her obituary, when it's time. I will also be sending some invitations.

So many of you have emailed, saying you were praying for us. Thank you all! Your support, prayers and comforting words have touched us so, and we appreciate you all.

We have more news. Last Friday (4/25) Steve was finally named dad to our older 2 boys. We! had a hearing, and we all (even the boys) got to sign the adoption orders. We are all so happy about this. My mom was able to hear me tell her Friday that it was final. She was happy. She has been waiting for this, as much as we have. I hope to be able to catch up with you all soon. Right now, I am just trying to "live life". For the last 38 days, my family has been without me, since I was constantly at the hospital. I have a ton of laundry to do, and need to catch up on my rest. I feel a flare up coming on.

Thank you all again! You have all blessed us so much.

Blessings, Trista!

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Blessings, Trista

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May 6, 2008