Mom the fighter continues. I arrived this morning, and my brother and father were here. My father was looking a[…]
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Mom’s End: 8th Update
I’ve copied my previous updates from Facebook into here, so that people can see the statuses as they were and[…]
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Just got back from the hospital. We’re all getting tired. Mom is getting really swollen in her hands and feet,[…]
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Just called in (will be going in shortly). No real change. I think my aunt (my mother’s only sister) showed[…]
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We took Mom off the ventilator at 10:15 a.m., and she’s been pretty stable since then. Some erratic breathing, and[…]
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EEG done and found significant brain damage. They are trying an anti-seizure medication as a last home. Dad has gone[…]
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Thank you all again for your outpouring of support. It’s been a true blessing. This difficult time has been made[…]
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spoke with the Critical Care Nurse this morning, and she said that nothing much has changed, and my mother is[…]
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My mother Jean Cecelia (Lorentson) Mattson (b. 24 January 1939, Waltham, MA) has been sick for many years with a[…]
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