god bless you, michael

michael passed away last tuesday morning. he had been getting so much better. he was awake and talking and they had taken him off the oxygen. mama talked to him sunday night. she said that he was remembering things from before he went into the hospital, but i don't think he knew how long he'd been in there. he was complaining about his feeding schedule. he thought they were feeding him all 3 meals within an hour, but i imagine he was falling asleep and just not realizing it. he was eager to start his physical therapy so he could get on home. but when mama called to check on him the next afternoon, they told her to get over there as soon as she could. when we got there, they told us that he had coded that afternoon. mama and i stayed up there, and they called about 2:30 in the morning to tell us that he had coded again, and while they were calling, he coded again. he was stable when we got there, but they told us that it would keep on happening, and eventually the medicine they were giving him would stop working. they called about 5:30 to tell us he was gone. i don't know what its like when someone codes, but i imagine that its better that mama wasn't there when it happened.

of all things, we had snow friday (more about that in another post), and that kept a lot of people from coming to the visitation, but luckily his sisters were able to make it in (one in arizona, one i pennsylvania, one in wisconsin). it cleared up a little for the funeral saturday, but a lot of people were still stuck in their driveways.

anyway, please keep praying for mama. she's going to have to be stronger than she's used to being, and this is just going to be a difficult time for her. but i think she can do it. she's already surprised me a lot.

take care and god bless
the aubry's