Saturday 27 March 2010

My Mum

Yesterday at 5.40am the Nursing Home rang me to advise my mother's condition was of concern. She was struggling with her breathing and her blood pressure had fallen. When I arrived at the home shortly after I found my mother in bed, attached to an oxygen tank, apparently unconscious.

An ambulance was summoned and my mother's heart stopped on the journey to the hospital. The paramedics resuscitated her but on examination in Emergency it was clear that there was nothing that could be done beyond making her final moments comfortable.

I was by her bedside when my mother passed away at 10.55am. She was eighty-four years old.

My mother lived for me and her love for me was overwhelming. She was the best mother and my closest friend.

16 comments:

  1. So sorry Victor. I'll be thinking of you.

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  2. I am so sorry. Hugs from Dublin.

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  3. Best wishes to you Victor.

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  4. Thinking of you at this time, Victor.
    And hoping your own health improves..

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  5. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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  6. Thinking of you Victor. Take care.

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  7. I'm very very sorry to hear this, Victor. Know that you are in my and many others' thoughts.

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  8. Victor, thinking of you, of course, and of your loss.

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  9. So sorry to hear about your loss Victor. My thoughts are with you.

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  10. Just popped by to see how you were doing. Sorry to read about the loss of your mum. Take care Victor.

    Denys.

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  11. My heart goes out to you Victor. I'm so sorry for your loss. Having read so much about your mum through your writings, I know how much she meant to you. Big hug from me and lots of love.

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  12. Very sorry for your lost.

    Tim

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  13. I'm very sorry for your lost.
    Take care.
    T

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  14. Parents appear immortal to their kids, even their adult kids, and when it happens although forewarned it comes as a deep shock, I feel for you Victor, take care---- Douggie

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