tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969468832602521879.post302797013842631450..comments2023-10-20T09:15:19.630-04:00Comments on Marmee's Pantry ~ For Such a Time as This: This Little Piggie . . .Marmee's Pantryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01612989781352785304noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969468832602521879.post-85927803850328898692012-06-28T23:07:11.368-04:002012-06-28T23:07:11.368-04:00Connie ~ Sorry it's taken me so long to return...Connie ~ Sorry it's taken me so long to return your comment ~ I don't know how I missed it.<br /><br />As I mentioned in the post, my mom had Alzheimer's, which can be effected by poor circulation in the brain. Her feet were SO messed up from all those years standing in high heels ~ she had severe hammer toes, bunions, they almost looked deformed. As her Alzheimer's progressed over the last few years, her feet worsened, too. Seems one "fed" off of the other & literally each end of her body was fighting for the better circulation & both were losing. About a year ago, both of her feet & up to her knee on her left side started turning blue/black & the pain was heart-breaking. It subsided some over the summer & her vein specialist warned my brother & I that the cold weather would worsen the pain. Last Labor Day wkend we had a little cold snap & that set off a terrible down-hill slide. Looking back, it truly seems that her poor body decided that it had had enough & began to die. My brother was w/her at a reunion (I had a cold & couldn't go) & a cousin's wife is a nurse & told him she looked dehydrated & he should take her to a hospital. She was admitted & very quickly got worse & worse. There came a point that the only thing that would ease her pain ~ as she couldn't even stand for the sheets to touch them ~ was to amputate her feet . . . but . . . they told us she wouldn't make it through the surgery. So . . . my brother & I had no other choice but to allow her to die peacefully & as pain-free as they could make her instead of on an operating table w/no feet. A terrible decision.<br /><br />She was in the hospital for 9 days & Hospice for 4 days. The day before she died her feet were completely black & the left foot became gang-green. Her feet literally DIED. It was very sad & I wouldn't wish her suffering on anyone.<br /><br />But my brother & I were w/her, holding her hands & telling her that we love her. She passed very peacefully & is now reunited w/our daddy at the foot of the cross. What more could be want for them?<br /><br />K~Marmee's Pantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612989781352785304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969468832602521879.post-67735067919304047772012-04-17T21:42:11.207-04:002012-04-17T21:42:11.207-04:00I suffer from this too...sometimes I can hardly wa...I suffer from this too...sometimes I can hardly walk and the last couple of days have been horrible...new shoes:-(<br /><br />I don't think we can purchase those kinds of shoes here in Canada...or that ointment you mentioned. <br /><br />Could you explain a little more about your mom and her feet....I didn't think you could die because of your feet. I really need to get some answers because I am in pain 24/7.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />ConnieIntentional Living Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865476434729958056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969468832602521879.post-8800528265563345652012-04-17T02:15:49.106-04:002012-04-17T02:15:49.106-04:00Love the new sandals! Cute
~~HUGS~~Love the new sandals! Cute<br />~~HUGS~~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com