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Sorry to hear about your mother John. Hospice will be great help for your mother and the rest of the family.  They helped my mother for several years and did a wonderful job.

John

Having spent a little time with Nana Ruth and you guys at the cabin 'up nordt', she's a strong independent woman and she will finish this part of her journey with her head held high.  She reminded me of my own 'short and spunky' mother who passed away from ovarian cancer 16 years ago, so I had a mental bond with your Mom.  

As things get harder here in the coming time, think of the times together and all that you did for her during the good times.  That will help you on the other end.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.

Stan

Sorry to hear about your mom.  We will keep you and your family in our thoughts and prayers.

Positive vibes and prayers sent to you and your family John.

Amazing what a week under intense hospital-level care can do. The underlying problem/disease hasn't (nor will ever) go away, but now she/we have another baseline to work from.

She's in much better spirits, visibly and physically stronger, and some of the difficulties she had previously have subsided. We're moving her Monday to a different Senior living building. It's within the same "system" as the apartments she's in now, but this campus has a section that have more intensive/attentive care capabilities apartments - and will work with the hospice people.

Anyone want to adopt a 13yo, sometimes cranky but affectionate cat?

Mom's settled in at her new digs... "The Glenn... Minnetonka".

She's already .... They're in for a wake-up. Everything except for her physical strength is 100% - there's NO problem with her lucidity, or with her reasoning - which is something that the people on this unit don't seem to be used to. She won't settle for the "status quo"... especially at the prices they charge.

She's already got a meeting set up with the director(s) of this/that/and the other thing and is gonna give 'em an EARFULL about her first 24 hours in the new place tomorrow.

(I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for a few days... they've got to learn more about her, her needs, and expectations. She definitely doesn't fit into the "mold" of an elderly person passing time until they're called up!)

Mom's getting settled into her new "digs". We've brought over some of her furniture, pictures/paintings, etc., and made her room a bit more "homey".

The care staff at the new place have been getting a dose of "The Rath of Ruth"  - she is not your typical elder in nursing care. The biggest difficulty has been meals. She likes her meals hot, the meat with a little juice/tender (not incinerated), the veggies a bit crisp (not boiled into mush), and some spice/flavor (not bland). We're working on it with the chef. (He's actually a great guy, and is going to  with the care staff - they tend to get complacent with the elderly and forget their duties)

Sheryl & I have been busier than a one-legged guy in a a... you know.
Afternoons & evenings have been spent packing up her apartment. I shouldn't complain too much, as we've got it pretty easy - Mom did a major "blow-out" of stuff when she moved from her townhouse to the apartment.
We've got a mover lined up for tomorrow (7/3), and they'll take her stuff to a storage unit near our house.

Today is my day... There will be a tractor-trailer in front of my house by noon!

It is with heavy-heart I need to tell you that "Nana Ruth" passed away this morning sometime after 6am.

She already had everything planned out and set up, save one thing - her final disposition. We don't know where she wants to be! She had no religious requests, and had stated "Funerals are for the living, I don't really give a rip... I won't know one way or the other."

We're bending towards a bio-degradable urn with a seedling in it. We'll plant her on the cabin property and let a tree grow in her memory... this way we can remember her as a part of what she loved to do - gardening - and we'll have an recurring reminder for generations to come.

John D wrote:

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It is with heavy-heart I need to tell you that "Nana Ruth" passed away this morning sometime after 6am.

She already had everything planned out and set up, save one thing - her final disposition. We don't know where she wants to be! She had no religious requests, and had stated "Funerals are for the living, I don't really give a rip... I won't know one way or the other."

We're bending towards a bio-degradable urn with a seedling in it. We'll plant her on the cabin property and let a tree grow in her memory... this way we can remember her as a part of what she loved to do - gardening - and we'll have an recurring reminder for generations to come.

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 Dang, sorry to hear this. The urn sounds like a good plan and probably one she would approve of.

Do you have a memorial planned ?

Sorry to hear that John.

Sorry to hear about your mother.  You and your family have our sympathies.

Very sorry to here this, wish you and the family well.

Enjoy and cherish those memories, as we approach the last phase memories are the things we value most.

John,you Sheryl and the family are in our thoughts and prayers.

A Bio-Urn is on it's way, and our thought is to inter Nana at the cabin over labor day weekend. 

We had a nice little gathering/ceremony after lunch today. The "kids" are up at the cabin with us, and we made Nana a permanent part of the lakeshore.

Mixed emotions this Labor Day weekend... Tomorrow is Sheryl & my 30th Anniversary. Our kids will be with us, so I think I'll be celebrating life!