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RIP Marguerite Marean Thorndike
Jul. 29th, 2012 01:33 pmApril 24, 1928 - July 28, 2012
My sister called today, around noon, to tell me that our Mum had passed away last night. She was in hospital, recovering from a recently discovered UTI, when her blood pressure dropped. Since Leslie was unavailable, they did not give her cumadin, and she died with the Dr holding her hand. The Dr. did tell my sister that Mum had told her she had a nice smile. Typical Mum. :-)
More later.
Edit 14:41: There will be a memorial service, here on the East Coast, probably sometime this fall. First, I have to write an obit for the papers, then some sort of much longer memorial for me, and then I can think of the service.
My sister, I think, is DONE. She had the majority of Mum care while Mum declined into the Alzheimer's, until last June when she was finally able to put Mum into an Alzheimer's wing at a nursing home in Petaluma. And now I don't think she has anything left. Her family is only now becoming some semblance of back to normal.
Mum will be cremated, and Leslie is taking care of that part, and her ashes will be scattered on Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH.
My sister called today, around noon, to tell me that our Mum had passed away last night. She was in hospital, recovering from a recently discovered UTI, when her blood pressure dropped. Since Leslie was unavailable, they did not give her cumadin, and she died with the Dr holding her hand. The Dr. did tell my sister that Mum had told her she had a nice smile. Typical Mum. :-)
More later.
Edit 14:41: There will be a memorial service, here on the East Coast, probably sometime this fall. First, I have to write an obit for the papers, then some sort of much longer memorial for me, and then I can think of the service.
My sister, I think, is DONE. She had the majority of Mum care while Mum declined into the Alzheimer's, until last June when she was finally able to put Mum into an Alzheimer's wing at a nursing home in Petaluma. And now I don't think she has anything left. Her family is only now becoming some semblance of back to normal.
Mum will be cremated, and Leslie is taking care of that part, and her ashes will be scattered on Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH.
