Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Planning

Far Away Sister is again checking on the price of airline tickets and their availability in the coming weeks. Dad is sounding weaker and less with it with each passing day. How long do we wait for a memorial service? What are the events that we can't cancel for a service? It's hard, living in the uncertainty. Sister is apparently beginning to get a sense of urgency about things, too. She is scrambling to get the DNR order for the paramedics filled out and signed today. Quite a change from yesterday, when she thought it would be fine to wait until Thursday to talk about things. I suspect that she was with Dad for a longer time yesterday than she has been recently, and saw how much he has failed.
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Today when I called him our conversation was just 2 minutes long. He didn't respond to any of the things I was telling him. Far Away Sister didn't think he sounded good, either.
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Waiting is hard. Far Away Sister commented that with Mom, we'd already done some planning for the Memorial Service by this time. We just can't seem to get the energy up again. It hasn't been long enough.

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