Tanela

We are coming up on the 2nd anniversary of Tanela's death...so hard...so many memories flood my mind - good & bad - especially of the last month of her precious life. 

She had lost her faith in CHP, which was ever so sad & continued to have a variety of problems...until they put her unconscious to do a few procedures & then to move to their precious new hospital.  Sadly, she had already been told no kidney transplants would be done until after the move & that was in January! 

The move wasn't until May 2nd.  :'(  She never woke up again, yet they drug out giving us any answers - unfortunately, I knew in my heart when I first saw how badly her brain had bled.  Waking every day wondering if she was still with us...leaving the room & hoping she was still there when I returned. 

One day, dabby helped me lay down & hold her in my arms one last time while I felt her heart & listened to her breathe with those wonderful lungs that had been donated & saved her life - over 8 1/2 yrs prior.  They were still in good shape, however, the drugs had destroyed her kidneys.  If only the staff (who are now in deep trouble for contaminated living TX) had given her the kidney her cousin wanted to give to her, she would most likely still be with us. 

Thankfully, she waited until both mommy & dabby were in the room when she left us - hopefully painfree & without any suffering, as we tried to keep her comfortable until He came for her on June 1, 2009 @ 5:45 PM.

New profile...

I changed my pic to our last family pic - Me, Tanela & Mark @ my Road Captain Ride for HOG '09.

I also changed some profile info...

A new try...

I am motivated to try to start blogging again by my wonderful friend, Robin...Love you...

As I look over the pg I started years ago, it seems I got too busy to think of it again. Wow, so much to tell of the past 3 years...I think I'll start by updating info & then turn to thoughts from time to time - if I remember, LOL.