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Sundae · 11-17-2011, 10:48 AM

Mum thought Grandad was holding on until the 30th, the anniversary of Nanny's death.
Personally I think he was simply an East End boy used to stubbornly holding on to what was his, and his strength gave out.

Wolf you have made a big difference in the lives of her and her family.
And all the kind things other posters have said.
Sorry it's turned out this way.

bluecuracao · 11-17-2011, 10:53 AM

So sorry, wolf. I hope crazynurse is able to make it home...

wolf · 11-18-2011, 07:48 AM

Today we are meeting again with the hospice team, and should find out whether they have deemed crazynurse stable enough for transport home. They are doing one more dialysis this morning, so that she'll (hopefully) be clear enough when her granddaughters get her to have some good time with them. That was a cluster to begin with ... before crazynurse got really sick, her daughter moved to Saint Louis. When crazynurse's sister called her Wednesday night to say, this is it ... she's going on hospice, the daughter says ... well, I can't take the kids out of school early, and I'll leave (driving) on Saturday ...

Yeah. We don't expect her to make it that long, dumbass. Get your ass on a plane.

After a number of really angry phone calls and emails, the daughter has agreed to fly, and will be here this afternoon with the grandkids.

infinite monkey · 11-18-2011, 07:51 AM

It's so sad.

I'm really sorry wolf, and ditto what the others have said about having you as a friend.

Lamplighter · 11-18-2011, 08:37 AM

[/Off topic]

My mother-in-law went through something a bit like that.
My wife made drove from PDX to Montana with each crisis.
We finally got the "This time it's it" call, and she made the trip again.

When she got there, the hospital room was filled with family.
As Edy opened the door, her Mom woke up, looked around, and said:
"I'm so glad you could all come to visit me"

MIL lasted for several more weeks.

[/Back to OP]

Spexxvet · 11-18-2011, 10:02 AM

Sorry to hear all this, Wolf.

wolf · 11-19-2011, 08:23 AM

We brought crazynurse home last night.

But we didn't have time to warn the neighborhood.

You see, in emergency services, there are ways to welcome people home.

IMAG0131 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr

The family knew this was going on.

The neighbors didn't. And crazynurse didn't.

Oh, and neither did the guys driving crazynurse's ambulance. As they come around the corner, all they see is flashing lights.

"Something's going on. I don't think that's your house ... Oh, it's your house ..."

IMAG0136 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr

IMAG0137 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr

This is how we do it.

IMAG0139 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr

Special Thanks to Towamencin Fire Company and Lansdale Volunteer Medical Service Corps. When they left, they hit the sirens.

crazynurse was either a founding member of Lansdale VMSC or darn close to it. And definitely is a founding member of the Montgomery County Critical Incident Stress Management Team.

And an EMT and paramedic instructor. She has had shiny new EMTs come up to her and tell her that she taught their parents or grandparents.

Sundae · 11-19-2011, 08:26 AM

Just wow.
That's a homecoming.

Are you in the pic, Wolf?
I don't think I've ever seen you before.

Spexxvet · 11-19-2011, 08:31 AM

That was really nice of them. Most tributes are posthumous, she was able to enjoy her's. I think it may get the neighbors involved in the time she has left, too.

wolf · 11-19-2011, 08:37 AM

And there's a bit of video, gives you an idea of what it was like.

wolf · 11-19-2011, 08:42 AM

I am not in that photo, I'm taking it.

One of my friends took a picture of crazynurse and I in the hospital, I'll see if I can get it from him.

glatt · 11-19-2011, 03:30 PM

Wow! That's awesome.

Was she alert enough to appreciate what was going on?

infinite monkey · 11-19-2011, 05:02 PM

That is touching, amazing. It hits me right in the heart.

Warm thoughts to all of you...just wow!

Griff · 11-19-2011, 08:35 PM

Well done.

wolf · 11-19-2011, 11:45 PM

Crazynurse was alert and aware during her homecoming, as well as throughout today, much of which was spent holding court for a number of visitors, Including several folks from the nuthouse I havent seen since that fateful day in April. Not sure how many "good" days we have left. Tonight we watched Dances with Wolves, which is one of her favorites.

I also spent time entertaining her seven year old granddaughter. We made a yarn doll, a God's Eye, and did some finger-knitting.

I have to get some sleep, its my turn to cook tomorrow .... Beast Stew and Drunken Dragon Dogs.

11-17-2011, 10:48 AM	#121
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Mum thought Grandad was holding on until the 30th, the anniversary of Nanny's death. Personally I think he was simply an East End boy used to stubbornly holding on to what was his, and his strength gave out. Wolf you have made a big difference in the lives of her and her family. And all the kind things other posters have said. Sorry it's turned out this way. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-18-2011, 07:48 AM	#123
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Today we are meeting again with the hospice team, and should find out whether they have deemed crazynurse stable enough for transport home. They are doing one more dialysis this morning, so that she'll (hopefully) be clear enough when her granddaughters get her to have some good time with them. That was a cluster to begin with ... before crazynurse got really sick, her daughter moved to Saint Louis. When crazynurse's sister called her Wednesday night to say, this is it ... she's going on hospice, the daughter says ... well, I can't take the kids out of school early, and I'll leave (driving) on Saturday ... Yeah. We don't expect her to make it that long, dumbass. Get your ass on a plane. After a number of really angry phone calls and emails, the daughter has agreed to fly, and will be here this afternoon with the grandkids. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-18-2011, 10:02 AM	#126
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Sorry to hear all this, Wolf. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-19-2011, 08:23 AM	#127
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	We brought crazynurse home last night. But we didn't have time to warn the neighborhood. You see, in emergency services, there are ways to welcome people home. IMAG0131 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr The family knew this was going on. The neighbors didn't. And crazynurse didn't. Oh, and neither did the guys driving crazynurse's ambulance. As they come around the corner, all they see is flashing lights. "Something's going on. I don't think that's your house ... Oh, it's your house ..." IMAG0136 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr IMAG0137 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr This is how we do it. IMAG0139 by Storm Hawk Rising, on Flickr Special Thanks to Towamencin Fire Company and Lansdale Volunteer Medical Service Corps. When they left, they hit the sirens. crazynurse was either a founding member of Lansdale VMSC or darn close to it. And definitely is a founding member of the Montgomery County Critical Incident Stress Management Team. And an EMT and paramedic instructor. She has had shiny new EMTs come up to her and tell her that she taught their parents or grandparents. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 11-19-2011 at 08:36 AM.

11-19-2011, 08:26 AM	#128
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just wow. That's a homecoming. Are you in the pic, Wolf? I don't think I've ever seen you before. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-17-2011, 10:53 AM	#122
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	So sorry, wolf. I hope crazynurse is able to make it home...

11-18-2011, 07:51 AM	#124
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	It's so sad. I'm really sorry wolf, and ditto what the others have said about having you as a friend.

11-18-2011, 08:37 AM	#125
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	[/Off topic] My mother-in-law went through something a bit like that. My wife made drove from PDX to Montana with each crisis. We finally got the "This time it's it" call, and she made the trip again. When she got there, the hospital room was filled with family. As Edy opened the door, her Mom woke up, looked around, and said: "I'm so glad you could all come to visit me" MIL lasted for several more weeks. [/Back to OP]

11-19-2011, 08:31 AM	#129
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	That was really nice of them. Most tributes are posthumous, she was able to enjoy her's. I think it may get the neighbors involved in the time she has left, too. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-19-2011, 08:37 AM	#130
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	And there's a bit of video, gives you an idea of what it was like. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-19-2011, 08:42 AM	#131
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am not in that photo, I'm taking it. One of my friends took a picture of crazynurse and I in the hospital, I'll see if I can get it from him. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-19-2011, 03:30 PM	#132
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Wow! That's awesome. Was she alert enough to appreciate what was going on?

11-19-2011, 05:02 PM	#133
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That is touching, amazing. It hits me right in the heart. Warm thoughts to all of you...just wow!

11-19-2011, 08:35 PM	#134
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well done. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

11-19-2011, 11:45 PM	#135
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Crazynurse was alert and aware during her homecoming, as well as throughout today, much of which was spent holding court for a number of visitors, Including several folks from the nuthouse I havent seen since that fateful day in April. Not sure how many "good" days we have left. Tonight we watched Dances with Wolves, which is one of her favorites. I also spent time entertaining her seven year old granddaughter. We made a yarn doll, a God's Eye, and did some finger-knitting. I have to get some sleep, its my turn to cook tomorrow .... Beast Stew and Drunken Dragon Dogs. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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