Not so good...

Well, mom had another rough night last night. Lot of nightmares, tears, fear...general not fun stuff. I sat with her most of the night, stroking her hand, talking to her, etc. She was up in the chair again last night, but that didn't last too long and we barely got her back into bed before she crashed. I think that was the last time she'll be up [except for the commode] while on this earth. Today she is incredibly uncomfortable...we're keeping her pretty heavily medicated, but as to what the DR said to do...other than that, there isn't much we can do for her. We've tried to reposition her back a few times, as she is continually in pain and discomfort, but she's just downright miserable.

Ben stopped by today and sat with mom, which made her smile, and David called and spoke to her for a long time! How thankful I am I have such great brothers. Somehow they just seemed to know I couldn't take much more, and poof...there they are! How I love them so. Just hearing their voices makes mom smile so much...just wish it could take away her discomfort level too.

Her breathing is still about the same...crappy. She struggles to get air in, but her heart is still so strong. Arlene said we just have to wait for the diaphragm to get too weak to keep working. Have I mentioned how tough this is?? However, I still believe that if it wasn't for mom being so miserable, us kids would have an insanely hard time letting her go. Seeing her like this makes it a little easier...she is ready to meet her Heavenly Father...and we're ok with that. We'd love for her to stay with us, but not like this...

Keep the prayers coming...think that's the only thing keeping us going!
Love, the West clan