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Evelyn
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Evelyn, when my dad called me that Mother had died, I said "Thank the Lord".
She had been so sick for so long in a fetal position and unable to talk or
eat or drink. As you said, that is no life. That's why I couldn't cry when
Grayson died; he was so much better off. I'll join you in hoping Ida soon
passes away from this illness that invaded her brain.
Gwen
> > Haven't gotten to be around here as much lately as I would of liked to
> > have been.
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> seems to be laboring for breath somewhat, and they are using a nebulizer to
> ease her breathing.
Evelyn Ruut - 18 Apr 2005 13:36 GMT
> Evelyn, when my dad called me that Mother had died, I said "Thank the
> Lord".
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> passes away from this illness that invaded her brain.
> Gwen
Thank you Gwen.

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Evelyn
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Evelyn Ruut <mama-lionsox@hvc.rr.com> is alleged to have said:
> Our neighbor who helped us take care of Ida went to see her yesterday. She
> came home in tears to see how ill she has gotten. She agreed with us that
> we are all praying she passes peacefully. That is no way to live. She
> seems to be laboring for breath somewhat, and they are using a nebulizer to
> ease her breathing.
I think the nebulizer is one of the 10 best things ever invented. They
used to bring it to me when I was in the hospital with pneumonia, and I
always felt better after the treatment, some sort of green gel that
got "burned," and I would breathe it in until it was gone.
Pneumonia hurts, at least the bacterial kind. I never knew that until
I got it. I was hugging blue ice to my chest by the time I went into
the hospital, trying to ease the pain. I hope this is not Ida's
problem, and that she's not in pain.

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I dread no more the first white in my hair/Or even age itself, the easy shoe
The cane, the wrinkled hands, the special chair;
Time, doing this to me, may alter too/My sorrow, into something I can bear.
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Sonnet"
Evelyn Ruut - 18 Apr 2005 13:36 GMT
> Evelyn Ruut <mama-lionsox@hvc.rr.com> is alleged to have said:
>> Our neighbor who helped us take care of Ida went to see her yesterday.
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> the hospital, trying to ease the pain. I hope this is not Ida's
> problem, and that she's not in pain.
No she insists she isn't feeling any pain, but they do give her pain meds
sometimes if she is in any. They said the pancreatic cancer is pressing
somehow on her diaphragm as it is swollen, so they use this nebulizer to
ease her breathing.

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