Road trip went well except mom died.
I wrote last week that I had to go to Illinois because mom had a 5 way bi-pass. The surgery went well and I did talk to her, but she started bleeding internally. Her lungs were bad. They put her on a breathing tube for about 6 days in hopes she would heal up and start breathing on her own, which she did. I had already headed home because she was doing well, talked to sister on Saturday and she said her and mom would call to talk Sunday, my brother called on Sunday and said she was DNR and on morphine with a short time to go. It all went south with her lungs I guess. So my brother held her hand for 2 and a half hours before she finally died. She was 82.
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Hope there's some consolation in knowing you made there to see her.
Losing parents is tough.
Deepest sympathy 
I'm so glad you got to see and be with her before her passing.
you got to see her, and my condolences.
Peace...
Condolences to you and your family.
Take care.
Be thankful you got to see her. My mom went quite suddenly with a stroke in Virginia while I was stuck here in Europe. None of us got to say goodbye, and my brother and sister pulled the plug according to my mom's specific wishes (well, demands, you had to know my mom: "don't you DARE keep me alive like a vegetable!"
. She was only 75, but had horrible cholesterol, which I unfortunately inherited.
This is something almost all of us have to face sooner or later, and there are as many different stories as there are people, as you now know. I hope you come to terms with this and talk to your siblings. It helped me a lot.
push all of the sadness away .
I wish you and your family comfort and peace at this difficult time.
