I haven’t been on here for awhile, but sad to report that after a month long hospital stay I’ve lost my precious wife of 54 years “Judy” on June 17th.
I didn’t see this coming but she had a punctured bowel that quickly turned into 2 forms of sepsis, according to the surgeon. She came thru the operation just fine, and was actually recovering, until multiple fluid pockets kept forming, with subsequent attempts to drain the fluid.
She would have had a long recovery process but I was ready for that. She had a colostomy bag of course which I learned how to change.
But, not being able to continue her arthritis injections, her pain and discomfort was awful. She hung in there dispite all of her problems but when fluid started in her lungs we were told all they could do was make her comfortable as possible. So, we only had her in a quiet room in hospice care for about 1.5 days.
Both of our sons and one daughter-in-law were with me when she took her final breath.
She had been in hospital so long that several of the nurses came to love her I believe, as they all stopped by and cried with us.
She would tell the nurses how we met and how long we’d been married, and of course I dated her in my ‘67 Chevelle.
I’ve known her since I waa 19 years old, so this is one hell of an adjustment!
I was supposed to go first, as she worried about my struggle with an auto-immune condition that destroyed most of my kidney function, plus I’m older. She was also legally deaf, but read lips so well the nurses didn’t notice until she told them...her hearing aids still helped a little but not much. She was a tough gal, raised on an Indiana farm.
I’m on my phone now, but if anyone is interested please let me know by private message and I could email you the digital obituary files links.
All the best,
John
I didn’t see this coming but she had a punctured bowel that quickly turned into 2 forms of sepsis, according to the surgeon. She came thru the operation just fine, and was actually recovering, until multiple fluid pockets kept forming, with subsequent attempts to drain the fluid.
She would have had a long recovery process but I was ready for that. She had a colostomy bag of course which I learned how to change.
But, not being able to continue her arthritis injections, her pain and discomfort was awful. She hung in there dispite all of her problems but when fluid started in her lungs we were told all they could do was make her comfortable as possible. So, we only had her in a quiet room in hospice care for about 1.5 days.
Both of our sons and one daughter-in-law were with me when she took her final breath.
She had been in hospital so long that several of the nurses came to love her I believe, as they all stopped by and cried with us.
She would tell the nurses how we met and how long we’d been married, and of course I dated her in my ‘67 Chevelle.
I’ve known her since I waa 19 years old, so this is one hell of an adjustment!
I was supposed to go first, as she worried about my struggle with an auto-immune condition that destroyed most of my kidney function, plus I’m older. She was also legally deaf, but read lips so well the nurses didn’t notice until she told them...her hearing aids still helped a little but not much. She was a tough gal, raised on an Indiana farm.
I’m on my phone now, but if anyone is interested please let me know by private message and I could email you the digital obituary files links.
All the best,
John
