Family

Mom the fighter continues. I arrived this morning, and my brother and father were here. My father was looking a big ragged, but I guess he got about 5 hours…

I've copied my previous updates from Facebook into here, so that people can see the statuses as they were and they can come up to date with them. Since my…

Just got back from the hospital. We're all getting tired. Mom is getting really swollen in her hands and feet, which shows that he heart isn't pumping effectively (congestive heart…

Just called in (will be going in shortly). No real change. I think my aunt (my mother's only sister) showed up while I was gone. I came home and went…

We took Mom off the ventilator at 10:15 a.m., and she's been pretty stable since then. Some erratic breathing, and she's on morphine, but that's about it. The doctor said…

EEG done and found significant brain damage. They are trying an anti-seizure medication as a last home. Dad has gone home from the hospital. I'm leaving work and have my…

Thank you all again for your outpouring of support. It's been a true blessing. This difficult time has been made easier by your loving presence.  I've just come back from…

 spoke with the Critical Care Nurse this morning, and she said that nothing much has changed, and my mother is unresponsive. My father's hope with my mother opening her eyes…

My mother Jean Cecelia (Lorentson) Mattson (b. 24 January 1939, Waltham, MA) has been sick for many years with a combination of illnesses, most auto-immune in nature. She's been disabled…