I received today a phone call concerning Aunt Winnie. She has had a heart attack and a stroke back to back. She is not expected to live much longer. Several of us family members drove down to her daughter’s house today to see Aunt Winnie and say our final farewells. Her daughter, granddaughter, a sister-in-law from a 1st marriage and her 2 remaining sisters were there. They all looked exhausted. They have not slept since two days ago when she had the heart attack and stroke. I didn’t realize how bad her health had deteriorated over the past month since I last saw her at the hospital the day before she was being released to go home to her daughter’s house. With the heart attack and stroke happening recently plus a seizure today right before we got there, I am surprised she survived. She was talking “out of her head” the family was saying. I understood what was happening to Aunt Winnie. In the last days of a person’s life, they may talk to unseen people usually their past loved ones. She kept her eyes up at the ceiling as she laid in her hospital bed. By what she was saying I knew she was having a conversation and laughing with Uncle Chuck. The sad part of that is Uncle Chuck died last month. I had been told she may not recognize us. When I spoke to Aunt Winnie, she looked at me and told me she loved me. I started to choke up. I told her I loved her too. Shortly she would start talking to deceased Uncle Chuck again. Then all of a sudden she looked back at my face and said my name very clear. She did that with each one of us that was in the room. Her daughter came back in the room with her pain medication and told us that Aunt Winnie was not on any of her heart medication either. Hospice had come in and also there was a DNR Order. Her daughter showed me Aunt Winnie’s feet and I knew it will not be long before Aunt Winnie will be gone to be with her husband and the good Lord. I will miss you Aunt Winnie and your crazy sense of humor and laughter.

Please keep me in your prayers. Between Uncle Chuck’s death last month, my Mom’s failing health and expecting her death soon, now Aunt Winnie’s pending death and my youngest daughter’s wedding tomorrow and rain, my nerves are not good. My blood sugar is elevated in the 300s. I thank the Lord for keeping me sane through all of this.