What a busy day. We started early with helping Mom up at 6 am which tuckered her out. She is quite weak and she isn't able to drink water from a straw any longer. We've changed her medication over from pills to meds out of droppers. She has remained comfortable and has no pain. She expressed several times that she is "done" and "wants to go" but I think she is still holding on for the milestones she is looking for - the arrival of family. She also asked for a blessing so Patrick (Jen's husband) and I gave her a priesthood blessing of peace and comfort.
This afternoon Griffin (Sis's son) got in from Portland and went right in to talk to grandma. It was a fairly one-sided conversation but mom did acknowledge him being here. Tonight Allison (Sis's daughter) arrived from Portland and they are in visiting with mom - who is more responsive tonight. Apparently Grif has done something at some point that grandma didn't like because she said "Griff is going to get the dickens" when he is here. When mom was told Grif was already here she said "watch out Grif, you're going to get the dickens". Not sure what that means but Mom still has a great sense of humor. Even later tonight after a trip to the bathroom she got back into bed and told me to get Griffin in her because she didn't get to see enough of him earlier. He and Allison had a nice conversation with her before she got sleepy.
We got Mike's arrival date moved up to tomorrow - Saturday evening. A couple of weeks ago she made me promise that I would get Mike here when she was getting close to passing. It's tough because he's in the first week of a new job and Saturday was the best we could do. I pray that Mom can hold on until he gets here - that will make all 4 of her kids here at the same time.
We love you Mom!!
Dave
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