My Mothers Journey into the Light....

This past October..exactly two years to the date when my Mom had found out originally she had breast cancer....my Mom was told she had an additional two masses on her breast. She had the masses removed and biopsied and found out they were also cancerous...with additional testing we found her cancer had spread into her skeletal wall and into her lymph nodes..in addition she had some spots on her lungs and her original pet scan had showed a hot spot in her lower bowel and anal area.  Over the New Years weekend she had some lower abdominal cramping which she contributed to her diverticulitis..  She refused to go to the hospital because it was a Holiday Weekend.  The Monday after New Years she did consent to going but told me to "say goodbye to her now as she would not be coming home".   Mom had an abscess in her bowel which had burst....she refused to be operated on because of her weakened state of health and her cancer.  After being in the hospital on antibiotics for five days her doctor informed us there was nothing else they could do for her, we could either leave her in the hospital or take her home on hospice.  I was not leaving her there to die, if it was going to happen I wanted her to know she was home. Mom came home from the hospital in an ambulance and when they brought her in she smiled and said "Home Sweet Home". In that moment I knew we had done the right thing bringing her home to die....Mom lived for a week at home, the first few days she was alert, talking and in alot of pain...but she never lost her sense of humor.  Her forth day in she slipped into a coma like state, I knew she could hear us because when I would talk to her she would raise her eyebrows.  We brought her home on a Friday and she lived to the following Saturday exactly 8 days.  She was 10 days shy of her 89th Birthday which is today January 24th.  Mom was 88 years young at heart...she was surrounded by her Family when she passed...My sister Maggie and I were with her through her journey into the light to be greeted by our Dad....I know he was so Happy to see her...I imagine them dancing off into the light together...they were great dancers....I Love You Mom and Dad....