Reply #6: Shortly after Shiavo died, my 94 year old mother went into the hospital. [View All]

She had given up eating. She was done. Her son (my older brother) had died six months earlier from a stroke. She had given up.

I went to her hospital room and she was given hospice care. even tho they were no longer deemed a hospice hospital...they had to put in for a transfer for her to a hospital where there was such care...I knew she would not survive that. She did not.

Interesting. I had a quick flash of the likes of Tom Delay coming into my mother's hospital room and telling me that he was in charge of her healthcare, even tho I had her POA on health care. It was a chilling experience at the time...

I have never marked this anniversary in honor of my mother. I hold her in my heart and I honor the memories of her, which I tell my own children...this is a legacy and it is important...take note.