| December 2006-It has been a hell of a year. Jan 22nd, the day after Patrick's birthday, we lost my mom to her emphysema & cancer. We had just moved her from the senior home to a foster care home on a Friday and she fell early the next morning and though they thought she was ok, her blood pressure started plummeting within hours and she was rushed unconscious to Beaumont Hospital where they admitted her to a room and made her as comfortable as possible per our request and a dnr order. She might have been bleeding internally. She was unconscious but I think she knew we were there. She left us a little before 7am on Jan 22nd. I said something to the effect that Patrick was too busy celebrating his birthday in heaven to come greet his grandmother on his birthday so she waited until the day after when he was done and I really believe that because. I'm sure she saw him then greeting her because she had quite a few tears in her eyes just before she took her last breath. The rest of this year has been a big blur. Cory & I moved into her old condo in the spring and Cory switched from Bovenschen to Peters school (a move we never thought we'd make). Cory took to Peters & his new teacher very well. It does help that familiar faces like John Nader and a few others are there now. It helps my transition a little easier. Cory is in an older MOCI class now and doing well. He is 15, has a thin mustache, sideburns coming in and yes fuzz under the chin and just about as tall as me (maybe 3 inches shorter). He's had some issues healthwise but nothing involving his head although we've had a few catscans through the year due to concerns. I am still at Meijers in Deli, Cafe and once in a while the bakery. It's a job. My Rheumatoid Arthritis is kicking my butt and I've had health issues of my own but I just keep trying to keep plugging along. I miss Patrick still every day and no I haven't gotten over him, I just learn to deal with the pain and move through the daily motions of life and now I miss my mother who was a vital part of Cory's, Patrick's and my life. This Christmas will be a hard one without my mom but we'll drag through it just as we did after Patrick died. Every Christmas is still hard without Patrick. Well, I had better get to updating Cory's webpage so I will update more next year 2007. |
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