This post
pays homage to the human spirit and perhaps a miracle too!
My questions for my readers are…
How many
people do you know that are 100 years old?
Taking it
a step further, how many people do you know who have lived more than 104 years?
Then
there is the ‘big question’! How many
104 year old people do you know who contract pneumonia after their 104th
birthday…and then fully recover from it?!
Well…Laurie
and I know one special person who falls into this exclusive category!
This is
Laurie’s Aunt Lois in early March… She is Laurie’s mother’s sister and she
married Laurie’s father’s brother. There
are a lot of double cousins in the family.
At the
time this photo was taken, Aunt Lois was on death’s doorstep. She’d been moved from her apartment to the
medical center in her assisted living retirement home.
Her organs were shutting down and she didn’t eat anything for more a
week. She refused any additional
medications. Hospice took over her
care. Family members and retirement home
staff all flocked in to say their goodbyes… Aunt Lois told everyone that she ‘was
ready to die’.
Then one
night, she had a dream. She dreamed that
she had arrived in Heaven…but she was told that they weren’t ready for her yet
so she’d have to go back.
…and so
she did! She woke up the next morning and told the staff
that she was hungry, wanted to get dressed and go to the dining room. As they say, the rest is history!
This is
Laurie’s Aunt Lois as of this week. She has
come back from the brink! She doesn’t
even need oxygen at night in her room.
She’s undergoing physical therapy so she can start using her walker
again.
Laurie's sister Karole took this photo. Here’s Aunt Lois playing
Skip Bo with Karole, Aunt Lois's son Alan and Jeannette, one of her many friends. She’s teaching everyone she knows how to play Skip Bo. FYI, her memory is better than either Laurie's or
mine…
No one
that any of us have talked to at the retirement home, our local medical center
or our hospitals can recall anyone at her age that recovered from pneumonia! She is a phenomenon!
Aunt Lois
is our Easter miracle! We love you Aunt Lois!
Thanks
for stopping by and joining us in this celebration of life and the amazing human spirit!
Take
Care, Big Daddy Dave and Laurie
Good Afternoon Dave and Laurie, Oh my word what a wonderful story. Aunt Lois is such an amazing lady, to have recovered from pneumonia. The first photograph you shared was so sad, because I could see how poorly she was and yet the second photograph, showed her looking radiant.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that heaven wasn't read for Aunt Lois and that she is staying for a while longer.
My Aunt Molly passed away last year at the age of 101 years, I wish she had been granted a few more years, but it was her time to leave us to be with the rest of the family.
With warmest wishes
Daphne
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DeleteKudos to Aunt Lois and belated Happy Birthday also! She is an Easter miracle for sure and I bet she has a plethora of stories she could tell...
ReplyDeleteKudos and love for her!
ReplyDeleteShe is lovely David!
Sorry for your loss but what a grand life she had - I know you always enjoyed visiting her.
ReplyDeleteNever got to know my grand mother ... as she died age 45 in some labour camp 1945 ... Love, cat.
ReplyDelete... so sorry, but this post really threw me for a loop, friend David ... Love always, cat.
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