When Mother had her last fall, when she fell against a chest after becoming dizzy, she ended up lying on the floor and unable to get up. She thought she could just stay on the floor until morning and sleep, but as she woke more she realized she needed to get up, and somehow she crawled to a chair and helped herself up.
She didn't call anyone, lest she disturb us!
We didn't know about it until the next day, when she began having pain and so called and asked someone to take her to the doctor.
Mother's sense of logic deserted her in her final two years. My sister Janice even built her an entire apartment in their house, using Mother's favorite colors and framing old photographs, even had a little kitchen and a safe bathroom, but Mother wanted her own house and privacy, and so we were always worried that she would be afraid and alone on the floor--which finally did happen, but after that her condition was clear and soon someone was with her every day, then every night, too.
She had in the end what she yearned for most: she died at home with her children beside her.
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Date: 2008-09-15 07:22 pm (UTC)She didn't call anyone, lest she disturb us!
We didn't know about it until the next day, when she began having pain and so called and asked someone to take her to the doctor.
Mother's sense of logic deserted her in her final two years. My sister Janice even built her an entire apartment in their house, using Mother's favorite colors and framing old photographs, even had a little kitchen and a safe bathroom, but Mother wanted her own house and privacy, and so we were always worried that she would be afraid and alone on the floor--which finally did happen, but after that her condition was clear and soon someone was with her every day, then every night, too.
She had in the end what she yearned for most: she died at home with her children beside her.