May I say first HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR LITTLE MAN NOAH..Big HUGS,,and then Please know my PRAYERS are being said for you and your mom,,and lastly let me TRY and tell you that reading your words here in your post,,and of your mothers terrible fight and struggle to just live and breathe..I have NOW,,after forty years of waiting I have stopped smoking, even witnessed my best-friends death,,at his bedside,,I was never moved more to DO,,than in your words here for your Mom..Thank you,,and its only been two days now,,that I've stopped,,but THATS the first two days NOT,,in Forty years...MAY YOUR MOTHER FEEL GOD'S MERCY AND PEACE,,AND BE FREE FROM HER PAIN...

Prayers on the way!

Prayers continue sweety!





HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOAH!

Terry, I will keep you in my prayers because I know it is not easy to stop smoking, but I do believe you CAN do it. If I wished anything for others, it is that they find the strength to quit smoking so that the future isn't the same as my mom's has been. It is horrible watching my mom suffer as she has, and she takes anxiety pills because when you can't breathe it is a very scary thing. Last time I saw her she said she couldn't eat... and I told her that isn't good and she said "I know". Terry, one day at a time!

Terry, I will keep you in my prayers because I know it is not easy to stop smoking, but I do believe you CAN do it. If I wished anything for others, it is that they find the strength to quit smoking so that the future isn't the same as my mom's has been. It is horrible watching my mom suffer as she has, and she takes anxiety pills because when you can't breathe it is a very scary thing. Last time I saw her she said she couldn't eat... and I told her that isn't good and she said "I know". Terry, one day at a time

Thank you so much my Mystique,,and I am still very much commited to that,,and saying my Prayers for your Mother and you..God will hear them and share with you His love and light to feel and see...<3 God bless you and your family in these hard times.

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Four am I received a call from my sister saying my mom was being rushed to the ER because she couldn't breathe. She is now in a hospital. I went to her house to retrieve her cat who is huge and reminds me of garfield... and boy was that an experience! The cat has always been one to hide and not really get too involved with people. I just hope she feels safe right now with me here. The poor thing has been staying under my bed and it's a big adjustment since she use to have my mom's dog to play with on occassion. My sister told me that before she decided to send my mom to the nursing home that hospice was mentioned as an alternative. Yet noone said she was terminal exactly. I guess hearing that this is the worst case of COPD that a doc has ever seen is something else.... and it reminds me that miracles do happen. My mom has been ill for a long time.... since 1996 when she almost died then. We have been so blessed to have her. Hugs to all of you who are praying... means a great deal to all of us.

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Your Mom is in My Prayers, Mystique.

PRAYERS, HOPES, and sweet PEACE I Pray for you both,,
KEEPING GOD'S LIGHTS SHINNING,,

Sending prayers to you and your family

Went to get my stepdad to take him to the hospital to see my mom... he has dementia. I saw my mom and boy she was looking really good, and then she said she had to use the bedpan.... she has runny stools now.... but when I went back in to see her.... what a huge change! She was out of breathe and struggling and boy this just stinks to high heavens watching her like this. I walked in that room with so much hope and left feeling horrible. Her memory isn't good either because she forgot my stepdad saw her yesterday with my aunt.

She doesn't seem to understand why she is where she is either. They say she has pneumonia.... so that must have never cleared up since they had released her to a nursing home.

I embrace the little things, and I am praying for a better job because that has me all stressed out to high heavens. I deal with an autistic students who grabs heads and tries to bite people, she self induces vomitting, smears feces, and my coworker left last week with a dislocated shoulder. All I can say is I need a much better paying job with less risk since my little boy needs me to take care of him and being hurt is not an option. Sigh... I dread work tomorrow since the strongest member of the team is now out for a few days.

Mystique42

God's Blessings to you and yours!!!

May The Lord give you strength for each new day.
And shed His light upon your way.
May He bring others to relieve you of your heavy load.
Lots of hugs and hands to hold.
Above all, His Spirit upon you rest as a dove
and give comfort and peace to those you love.

In Jesus Name,
Amen!


CeriseRose

Thank you CeriseRose for that wonderful poem! Beautiful!

Amen

Update: My mom is suppose to go back to the nursing home with my stepdad tomorrow. A few days ago he went to the hospital and asked her to marry him again... their 40th anniversary is coming up on Feb 12th. He always talks about my mother and how much he 'loves that girl'. He mentions how he just wants to know she is taken care of, and boy she is such a lucky lady! Even though my mom will go back to the nursing home, I know she is in the ending stages of COPD... which is lung disease for those who don't know.

I think my parents should be able to renew their vows. It's admirable that they have been together so long... through thick and thin.

The student I was working with who was such a high risk with biting, and grabbing heads is now in a new place for treatment. I was given a child who is far from my last student and biggest behavior is hugging, kissing others or speaking out loud and interrupting teacher or getting off task. I'm actually feeling quite out of place since I am use to one on one teaching now, and today I watched an entire class for one teacher. I also go from room to room and attend specials which I never did before. It's a huge change for me, but it's a good thing knowing I won't be attacked. Principal mentioned he just feels the other student will be back in a week.
I am thankful for the break, but also feeling like I need to go back to sixth grade again! lol I guess I'm getting a second education and boy have things changed since I've been in school.

My parents are still together taking care of one another in their old age.

The institution of love and marriage is a world of it's own.

It's a beautiful thing to behold.
I respect it.
It sustains the two who are one flesh.

Your parents are wise. They know what's good for them.

Glad you've had a change of scenery so to speak.

I'm still praying things get easier in your life.

P.S. Some people give hugs because they themselves need them.

My prayers are with you. My 38 year old lady with Down's syndrome wants to go back to school now. She has got so large that she has trouble getting out of bed now. She wants me to grab her bottom to give her the forward momentum to get up with her walker. She has gotten better sleeping with the oxygen mask. By using the bed with its its ability to lift since it is an electric bed and grabbing her butt I can get her out of bed. But now the female aides are telling me that they don't like grabbing a female the way I do. Preference; What can I say. She likes me to push her from behind just until she can get her forward momentum because she is real determined to impress me and to do as much by herself as possible. She likes me to tell the day aide how much she is doing by herself because she really likes the attention. The school complains if we put her in a brief instead of a pull up because pull ups are easier for them to deal with. but until she loses some weight school is just out of the future for her. She was saying she was sorry after doing her three sets of reps in trying to get up. But it is really hard for me to forgive her when the sets are really stomach crunches. I have to put the canula on her so she still gets oxygen but I think the endorphin high she gets from trying to get off the bed is what is making her dizzy rather than her getting out of breath. But I am taking no chances on her oxygen. We now have more pulseoxs so I can monitor her oxygen level.

A bit of a set back today. Last night I went to see my stepdad and the admissions girl came in and said she had great news... she told him and I that my mom would be coming tomorrow and she gave a time. Then today I was told that my mom did not come and that they put her in an entirely different nursing home. I am very upset with this. They say my mom has MRSA.... but ya know, she had MRSA years ago with the first nursing home... they are saying the MRSA is active and since he has a catheter they can't be together. I think this is nonsense and I am very upset because their 40th anniversary is approaching and he seems to do so much better with her around. He tells me how he 'loves that girl and just wants to know she is taken care of... he asks if she still has that house (their home)." All I know is that this is heartbreaking.... they both had pneumonia and the nursing home is saying it's the state law to test for MRSA and that no record of MRSA came with him.... but the thing is they were together in this nursing home before she ended up in the hospital again.... something is amiss. I'm having a hard time buying the MRSA excuse because common sense says they have hugged, kissed, and shared germs.... both were on oxygen too. Am I wrong?