Mom's journey completed
Sally Irene Didrickson, nee Ogan, passed away surrounded by family on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Unlike in a hospital or at a birth, time of...
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Mom's journey to Hospice; final stop--home hospice
After thanking the neurologist, I went to see my mom (and dad). By that time, it was late morning, but it felt like two days had passed...
Mom's journey to hospice; second stop--hospital floor
After arriving at the hospital, I ran into the ER where the staff there quickly directed me to the floor where my mom had been...
Mom's journey to hospice; first stop--Emergency Room
Being in the Chicago area and not local to my parents in California, I was no stranger to long phone conversations with my parents. I...
Cancer and intense gym membership packages don't mix
In going back to her life after the final chemo round in February 2014, my mom also returned to the gym. In fact, without asking me or...
Another diagnosis for my mom
How do I now tell the story of my mom's surprise and sudden death that shouldn't have been a surprise or sudden to any of us, including...
Funny tricks of memory
From my mom's 2013 cancer diagnosis to her death in July 2014, so many little and large events during that time period that have escaped...
The Value of Milestones
My mom had been present, in the room, for each of my three deliveries. She worked in labor and delivery for years and her own specialty...
Why write? Why share?
I’m writing to help anyone else who is in the same situation, who was in this situation or who will be in the near future. Taking the...
Being Gracious at 50!
It was an admonition from my mother to her children we we left the house — Be gracious. She meant, on the most refined and formal level:...
BE GRACIOUS -- my mom's diagnosis
With my mom’s diagnosis in June 2013, I, along with my sisters and our spouses, was faced with a truth I couldn’t deny (the first of...
Tips for navigating healthcare of your parent(s)
Firstly, Healthcare in the United States is not easy. Having 'choices' is not easy. You've heard of the phrase "paralysis by analysis"...
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