All Aboard...

Hello, it's been a while since I've blogged much about nothing! Ok, it's not nothing to me... & some of you may just be interested in this ride aboard The Rambling Train...

Well, I won't keep you in suspense... CLICK HERE for the photos of my 1st tattoo! (It will open in a new window!) Click on each picture to see more info below the picture!
If someone reminds me in a few weeks, I'll take another picture & post it to show it after it's healed. Passion Wolf says the colors will really be better once it's completely healed. & Yes... I LOVE IT!!

It was a little rough at 1st... the outline is what hurt the worst, but it didn't last. That's pretty much about it for that...

Though my day started off with a bit of a startling phone call... I was 1/2 asleep when my mom called & asked if Gina (my sister) had called me yet.

After I said no... she said "Well we had a bizarre day here yesterday. Everything is fine now."

Of course, my mind started going all over the place as to what could have happened... So, Mom continued.

"Grandma died for about 20 minutes yesterday." With that the towel I use to cover my eyes came flying off. Then I was fully awake!!

She goes on to say how they & the nurse that stays with Grandma during the day were all just talking & Mom looks at Grandma & said, "Are you getting sleepy?"

Before they could get an answer, Grandma slouched over in her wheel chair. At this point my sister shot up out of her seat & tried to wake her. Then started singing & praying in her ear.

(Grandma is DNR (do not resuscitate) because her bones are so brittle now, that if they tried to, it would break many bones in her chest & would make it worse for her.)

Anyway, they said she was turning purple & getting cold. At that point Mom went to call her ex-husband (See, Grandma is HIS mom!!).

Then Mom told Jackie (the nurse) & Gina to take Grandma to her bed so that she appears to be more peaceful than being slouched over in her chair.

So, they get her back to her bed & at this point she's lost ALL her body functions (I won't go into details!)

Jackie keeps telling Mom & Gina, "Girls, she's gone. You're just going to have to accept it."

Gina then called the Hospice & requested someone to come out to confirm & to call it, I guess.

During this, (about 20 minutes later) my ex-step dad is driving down the lane.

While on the phone with Hospice, Grandma's legs started to twitch... They said that's normal. But then her eyes fluttered. Being startled Gina drops the phone & it dropped on Grandma's face.

Here's the bizarre part...

Then Grandma opens her eyes, looks around & says "Oh what's going on?" Gina asks her, "Grammy, you ok?"

She replied: "Oh, yes. How are you?"

From what Mom & Gina told me, they started laughing so hard that when my ex-step dad came in the door he asked "Are you laughing or crying?"

Needless to say, they were shocked & so they looked up on the net all those symptoms... it's called a "pre-cursor to death". I guess this happens among the elderly (She's 89 years old.) & that it may happen several more times before she actually dies... Which could be 2 days, 2 weeks, 2 month or even 2 years.

Mom joked they'll have to wait several days to be sure she is gone before they call the funeral home!

Another joke was made by one of the neighbors... "She just got up there & saw her bed wasn't ready & said... 'Heh. Call me back when you're ready!'" LOL!!

In all seriousness, she's fine... & in some points Gina said she's better than she was before.

As not to frighten her, they're calling it her "fainting spell"... Oh, Gina did say that for about 10 minutes or so, she could hear a faint heart beat through the stethoscope, but she was not breathing. Then for more than 5 minutes was nothing ... & that's when all the rest happened.

So, my comment was... were you smacking her (gently, of course) to snap her out... & Gina said she was doing everything they could. I guess when she lost all the functions & etc... is when they were sure she was gone.

My other thought is... I sure hope it doesn't happen again. I really would hate to hear any of us going through that again. For I am sure it was traumatic on Mom & Gina... Not to mention my ex-step dad, having to race from work over to the farm.

I told my hubby about all this & he's like "So." I'm like... "You're not surprised?" "Nope, that's your family... you'll probably do the same thing!"

I'm laughing... "Just remember Grandma is not blood related!"

"Yeah, but you act just like her!"

"I guess that's just from growing up with her!" I replied.

One final thought about this all... Mom & Gina said they're glad Jackie was there, because they had a "witness"... someone who's not family! LOL

Well, that does it for this trip... Hope you enjoyed your ride aboard, "The Rambling Train"! :)