HELPING MOM OUT

THIS HAS BEEN A REAL TRYING TIME FOR MY DEAR OLD MOTHER. SHE HAS LOST HER HUSBAND OF 65 YRS EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND MISSES HIM DEARLY EVERY DAY, YOU CAN SEE THE SADNESS WHEN SHE SPEAKS OF HIM. ALSO KNOWING A DAUGHTER IS SUFFERING WITH CANCER( NOT ONLY IN HER BREAST BUT THROUGH OUT HER STOMACH AREA AS WELL,) HAS TAKEN ANOTHER TOLL ON HER. SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THIS MONTH WITH PHEMONIA, INFECTIONS, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART ARITHMIA, GOUT, DEHIGHDRATED AND HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING BECAUSE ARTHRITIS IS KICKING IN BIG TIME. BOTH HIPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH THE KNEES YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE TIME LIMIT OF HOW LONG THEY LAST, BUT AT 84 IS TOO FRAILE AND OLD TO HAVE MORE REPLACEMENTS. I GIVE HER SO MUCH CREDIT FOR RAISING 13 KIDS AND ALWAYS TAKING GOOD CARE OF ALL OF US. NOW IN TURN WE ARE TAKING CARE OF HER. SOMETIMES I GET WHINEY ON MY DAY OFF WHEN ITS MY TURN TO HELP, CUZ I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO THAT I HAVE TO STOP AND SAY...ENJOY THIS TIME WITH HER SHE WONT BE ON THIS EARTH FOR MUCH LONGER, THEN WHEN I GET THERE AND SEE HER I HAVE A GOOD DAY WITH HER, SHE IS GETTING MUCH BETTER AS TIME GOES ON, BUT STILL DOESNT WANT THE FEEDING TUBE, WHICH WHO CAN BLAME HER( SHE HAS HAD SEVERE ACID REFLEX FOR THE LAST 7 YRS. NOTHING MORE CAN BE DONE EXCEPT THE TUBE, BUT SHE INSIST ON JUST LEAVING THINGS AS THEY ARE. GOD BLESS HER, SHES A TROOPER AND I LOVE HER DEARLY.