Heartbreaking

  I took this photo on the day I knew my mother-in-law would not be celebrating her 101st birthday. It was the day the hospital called to ask for a Do Not Resuscitate order. 

A few weeks before, my mother-in-law had contracted COVID in the facility where she lived. She had been vaccinated and boosted, She was asymptomatic and felt fine, but she was put in a quarantine room for two weeks. After the two weeks were up, she went back to her own room.  Several days later, she complained of chest pains and was whisked off to the hospital were a blood clot was found in her lungs. Since COVID can cause blood clots, she was given an MRI to check for other clots, but there weren’t any. She was put on blood thinners and expected to return to her facility. 

But something went wrong. We were not allowed to be in the hospital with her. We received messages from the nurse. Suddenly, my mother-in-law was to be returned to her facility on hospice care. I don’t know whether she had a stroke, but that’s what it looked like to me and it was heartbreaking.

She died on what was her husband’s birthday. 

She lived a very long life with many blessings, but we will miss her.  ❤