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08.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

A memorial service for my mother will be held at St. Mark's Church in Southborough, Massachusetts on Monday, August 25th, at 11am.
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08.18.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

My mother died tonight around 11:40. My brother and sister and a close family friend were with her at the time. She was comfortable in bed at home.
As I knew this was coming, I should have written a proper tribute to her before now, but I have not. Now, I do not […]
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08.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I haven't written anything since my mother and family got home from England. That was ten days ago.
I can't cover everything that has happened since then. My mother is still at home, in a hospital bed with 24/7 home health workers helping out. She is heavily sedated on morphine, Fentanyl, and lorazepam. […]
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08.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I haven't written in a few days, but it was not because there was nothing happening. My mother's lower GI obstruction sorted itself out on Wednesday, so she spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday basically pooping. She was released from the hospital Saturday morning and went to tea with the rest of the family […]
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07.30.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Update on my mother's condition. She is still in St. Mary's Hospital in London. She is still not well enough to travel home.
The word from the CT is that my mother's cancer has spread to her kidneys and liver. It may have spread elsewhere and this may be a large part of […]