Facing the fact
Don't expect enlightenment
A second chance
Managing pain was the key
She died at home
Her last day
I like talking about her
What I learned
She woke up and then suddenly had this idea that she was going home. Well she had just come out of a coma and we're like, the doctors are not going to want you to go home mom. She also decided she would refuse all lab draws and medications, except for her pain medication. We talked to the doctors and they said, well, okay, we'll let her go home. She came home in an ambulance that afternoon. We spent the whole afternoon and evening around her bed talking and laughing. She even ate a milkshake, which was pretty neat. We were so happy. It just made us feel better. She was like "I'm hungry." That night she died in her own bed, at home, curled up sleeping. I'm so glad because that is where she wanted to be.