Bacone Cap
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I am one of the rare breeds who can stay friends with their exes. I dated my ex for 2 and a half years and have been one of my two best friends for over 5 years now. I have gotten very close with everybody in her family, including aunts, uncles, cousins, etc, etc to the point that they bought me presents for Xmas, included in family affairs, and so on. We did a lot at her gma's house because she was never real mobile or anything and she considered me a grandson. She co-signed on my car, gave me $500 for graduation (more than my friend and her sister got), among other things for me. She has been a second gma to me and in some ways closer to me than my only other living grandparent (my other gma). I can honestly say I love her like my own.
We had recently moved her out of her house and into an assisted living home. Some of her friends there had been mentioning to each other how they hadn't seen her around in the last few days. One of those friends mentioned it to my friends mom when she went into see her today. She went up and knocked on her door. No answer. She went and got an aid to unlock the door and when they went inside she was slumped over in her chair and barely breathing. They took her to a hospital in an ambulance. She had a massive stroke which left her right side of the brain with no activity. She will never speak again or get up and walk around. We can go in and visit her but she will not know we are there. I was told that she will never leave the bed that she is lying in right now again. She will never smile nor complete a simple thought through words again. They have given her two weeks at the most and they have mentioned that she will more than likely catch pneumonia or a UTI which will eventually kill her.
If it is true that no one had seen her in a couple of days, this could get ugly. She is diabetic as well as having a heart condition. She takes about 7 medications daily all which is administered through the staff there. I don't know how long she had been in that condition. It could have happened just prior to us entering. I don't know.
I do know that I will miss her dearly. She is a great woman who is well known by her neighbors and church community. She makes terrible white gravy, yet I will strangely miss this as well. I had been meaning to stop by her place last week on the way home from work. I never did. I feel guilty as hell for this because the only conversation I will ever have with her again will be one sided.
I pray she goes quickly in her sleep if a miracle doesn't occur.
Enjoy the ones you have while you can. Fighting and arguing is not worth the effort and you will regret not sharing one more smile with that person in the end. Take full advantage of the time you have on this earth because you never know how quickly it will be taken from you or from the one you love.
God Bless.
We had recently moved her out of her house and into an assisted living home. Some of her friends there had been mentioning to each other how they hadn't seen her around in the last few days. One of those friends mentioned it to my friends mom when she went into see her today. She went up and knocked on her door. No answer. She went and got an aid to unlock the door and when they went inside she was slumped over in her chair and barely breathing. They took her to a hospital in an ambulance. She had a massive stroke which left her right side of the brain with no activity. She will never speak again or get up and walk around. We can go in and visit her but she will not know we are there. I was told that she will never leave the bed that she is lying in right now again. She will never smile nor complete a simple thought through words again. They have given her two weeks at the most and they have mentioned that she will more than likely catch pneumonia or a UTI which will eventually kill her.
If it is true that no one had seen her in a couple of days, this could get ugly. She is diabetic as well as having a heart condition. She takes about 7 medications daily all which is administered through the staff there. I don't know how long she had been in that condition. It could have happened just prior to us entering. I don't know.
I do know that I will miss her dearly. She is a great woman who is well known by her neighbors and church community. She makes terrible white gravy, yet I will strangely miss this as well. I had been meaning to stop by her place last week on the way home from work. I never did. I feel guilty as hell for this because the only conversation I will ever have with her again will be one sided.
I pray she goes quickly in her sleep if a miracle doesn't occur.
Enjoy the ones you have while you can. Fighting and arguing is not worth the effort and you will regret not sharing one more smile with that person in the end. Take full advantage of the time you have on this earth because you never know how quickly it will be taken from you or from the one you love.
God Bless.
