Two years ago my husband and I had moved closer to my mother so that I would be available to take her to the hospital or check on her when she wasn’t responding to phone calls and texts. Her second husband had died two years prior and her health was declining. Being closer, allowed me to check on her when one of my siblings or I, noticed she wasn’t answering her phone. She refused to go to the hospital by ambulance, so I had taken her several times. My being close was important.
When my father died it was unexpected because he had cancer and the doctor gave us a timeline, that gave us hope. Yet, his first week of chemo he died on Saturday. Not the 6 weeks the doctor had predicted without chemo, nor the 6 months possible if he had chemo. Doctors make an educated guess, but they don’t know for sure.
My mom was still alive and home with him when he died. We didn’t expect any problems with our mom living alone. She seemed to be very healthy. Eventually, my mom re-married. In November 2020, four years after her second husband died, I received a call from one of my sisters that our mom was not answering her phone.
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