Life after Death Sentencing

Movement from 12/6/08 - 12/08/08:

• As of December 8, 2008 at approximately 0709, my mother stopped moving. Permanently. It seems appropriate to make note of that here since, of course, the reporting of her movement of necessity had to stop at the time of her death. I am write further posts in the future as I review this material, but don't expect those soon or on any type of a schedule; at least not at this time.
• From Saturday morning on Mom was mostly bedridden, although she had some hours in the wheelchair Sunday morning. Even though she was no longer able to stand up on her own, she thought she'd like to get up for a bit, so I lifted and swung her into, then out of, the wheelchair for that period. She had significant trouble holding herself up in a sitting position, even in the wheelchair, but it helped to have her "blocked" by the bedside table; she even ate a little and drank quite a bit. Once she was back in bed Sunday, though, she remained bedridden for the rest of her life.
• A few posts that more clearly delineate her movement for the last few days of her life are:
  1. December 5, 2008 @ 02:23:  Written some hours after I first administered morphine to her; the immediately previous post here covers that day.
  2. December 6, 2008 @ 18:24 which describes the hell of a day we had on Saturday attempting to adequately manipulate her morphine and how this affected her movement, all of which was in response to devastating pain.
  3. December 7, 2008 @ 17:56:  Which describes her "up" period in the living room during the first part of her day.
  4. December 7, 2008 @ 23:59:  Which describes the last part of her Sunday, during which she remained bedridden.
  5. December 8, 2008 @ 10:00:  Which describes her death. The two posts immediately previous to that post cover a little about med administration during Sunday morning prior to her death and minor reports on her pain level, which, according to her, was nonexistent and her comfort level which, also according to her, was also nonexistent.

    I think that spiffily handles the "official" wrap-up for this section of The Mom & Me Journals dot Net, although it's entirely possible that I may add posts as I conduct a review of her life and mine as time rolls on. The main journal, to which the immediately previous link in this post directs, will continue, since, of course, although The Mom part of this adventure is no longer physically evident, the Me part of it certainly is and, I suspect, I will have much to day over the coming months, about the extraordinary evidence of Mom as she continues to exist in my life and, as well, how our last adventure together, these last 15 years, affects my present and future. Stay tuned.