Sam (indigo_wolf) lost his mom last Sunday after a long illness. Please let him know that our community is there to help, support and offer condolences through these tough times.

There will be a memorial service/funeral Next Saturday at
Mar Thoma Church of Greater Washington.

More can be found here:

http://www.marthomawashington.com

OMG this is horrible news... I am so sorry to hear this Sam. My deepest sympathy...

Very sorry

Thoughts of peace and condolences to you Sam.

very sorry to hear may she rest in peace

Sorry for your loss Bro.

Sorry to hear that. My condolences to you.

Sad news Sam, my condolences and thoughts are with you and your family.
Mark

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

So sorry to hear this Sam Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

I am deeply sorry for your loss, Sam.


My prayers are with you and your family at this most difficult time.

Very sorry to hear this Sam. Prayers sent for you and your family.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

It's hard to not to feel for your loss Sam, anything I can do to help?
Thoughts and prayers for sure.

My condolences ...

..And hope that all the support that you have provided over the years on PKF, for numerous posters needing help
(info or just a humor break) come back many fold to you.

Peace to you

Ah! This is always so hard. Thoughts and prayers are with you and if it wasn't such a heavy moment I'd adorn my post with countless YouTube references as you always do for us.

Very sorry to hear of your loss.....

Sorry for your loss Sam, my thoughts are with you and the family. May you all find peace. Celebrate her life, cherish the memories.

If you need anything, we are here for you.

Sam- you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers

Praying for your family, Sam. My condolences for your loss.

So Sorry to hear this .... my condolences

If anything, for lessons learned for the rest of us, is appreciate your family, love, and health.


the rest is immaterial.


take that extra second today to hug the wife, play with your kids, or scratch your dog in his happy place.


My mom is fighting a losing battle with Brain cancer for 2 years, makes me value a day of kiting even more, to take my mind off of other lifes' troubles.

Quote: Originally posted by Windy Heap

If anything, for lessons learned for the rest of us, is appreciate your family, love, and health. the rest is immaterial. take that extra second today to hug the wife, play with your kids, or scratch your dog in his happy place .

Sorry to hear that, Sam. Best wishes...

Sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.

It's been a bit of a slog this year. Mom started having health issues at the beginning of the year and her decline in the past 10 months can only be described as percipitous. In the interim, she went through and laundry list doctors, speciialists, and enough tests and meds that one lost count.

The hospice nurse was shocked at her rate of decline and said that it was something she would expect to see over the course of 10 years, not 10 months.

She went from being in relatively good health to having difficulty with stairs, slurred speech, shortness of breath, difficulty swallowing, walking with a cane, walking with a walker, loss of speech, being unable to walk, only being able to eat pureed foods, being completely bedridden, to finally receiving nutrition through a feeding tube.

During all that there were a fall that resulted in a head laceration, and a significant loss of blood, multiple hospital stays, 2 stays at a rehab center, a dizzying number of ambulance rides, including one ambulance ride that resulted in a multi-car accident.

Along the way, you start expanding your vocabulary with medical terms of a dizzying variety. As I told Danny, they really should have a continuing education course on elder care, because nothing really prepares you for it and a lot of times you find yourself just winging it and hoping you are doing things right.

GACK... reading back over the post...definitely more of a downer than I meant it for it to be (but I guess that's the nature of these kinds of threads). Lest this post sours someone's day, I am going to leave off with something a little lighter.

After my mother started having difficulty walking she was basically restricted to the garden apartment downstairs. One of the more entertaining shows available to her was the daily antics of the local feral population. One of those incidents was my fault but it wasn't really planned.

During the worst of the summer, the water bowl in back would get hot enough that the kits were a bit reticent to drink from it. I got in the habit of putting some ice in it a couple of time a day to cool it off. The first time that Red October encountered this.... well... stalking the ice became the game of the day (in case it turned out to be something she could kill).

Hey... what's in my water bowl


I'm not too sure about this at all, at all.


Maybe if I sneak up on it.


Ice is SCARY!


I think I can, I think I can...


Stop laughing at me!!!


A few minutes after this, Braveheart shouldered past her as if to say "Don't you know anything?? That's just ice, it makes the water taste nummy." (Braveheart can be a bit of a water snob and bee-lines for the water bowl as soon as I change out the water first thing in the morning).

And finally I leave you a photo of Braveheart and Red October enjoying a snooze of the deck.

The Life of Riley


ATB,
Sam

Her spirit will stay with you always.
Our thoughts are with you as well.

And your spirit seems strong as ever. Thanks for sharing Sam.

Sam so sorry to just hear of this terrible news. Deepest sympathies to you.

Quote: Originally posted by macboy

And your spirit seems strong as ever. Thanks for sharing Sam.

It comes and it goes... woke up in the middle of the night and apparently a condolence card cames from the hospice staff while I was running errands getting ready for the funeral. I pretty much lost it, but luckily only the fur kids are awake at this time of night.

ATB,
Sam

I'm very sorry for your loss Sam.