Normally my Monday posts are yarny. What I've been working on. But last week... It was a lot.
Tuesday night my brother texted me to let me know he was taking our mother to the hospital via ambulance. Because, "She had a cough yesterday that went nuclear today. Maybe pneumonia."
She died on Friday.
And, plot twist, it wasn't pneumonia. It was a perforated bowel.
They went in and did surgery. Wednesday. During sixth period (while I had a group of eighth graders, who were fine, but eighth graders) he sent me a text stating, "Bottom line is the surgeon gives her 20% chance of surviving post op."
She woke up Thursday. They removed the breathing tube. Put her on oxygen. Were doing all the things. But she indicated no. So, Friday, they moved her out of ICU, and she passed (again during my sixth period with a different group of eighth graders).
So, yeah, last week was a lot.
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| Pamela Farrah Arundel November 20, 1946-January 31, 2025 |
And just because, this wasn't the only death in my family last week. My aunt (my father's brother's wife) passed away a week ago (last Monday). So, a bonus shot:
That picture is from 1979, before my parents' divorce, when my brother and I were still kids. Mom's on the right, Janet is on the left.
My blogs continue this week (as I did work last week) as normal. Sort of. It was a rather odd week, and now you know why.
