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| Aunt George |
Posted - Dec 23 2006 : 8:08:04 PM
My world rather fell apart and I just want to apologize for not being active on the board.
Many of you don't know me, but I hope many of you do remember me. Frannie from KY, I want to apologize for not bringing Rebekah to my home...my brain short circuited and all thoughts flew out the window. It has been tough here. I think that I did complete all of the other outstanding promises...except an apron pattern, so please girlfriends forgive me.
Short explaination. I went back to work fulltime 6 months ago, in the hospital right when they were cutting back staff due to a corporate takeover. Needless to say, we nurses have been worked like you just can't believe. Now I'm not a whiner, but this is a very dangerous situation. I have made the decision to leave nursing over all of this. No I haven't made any errors or anything, but a nurse in the US was just sentenced to 6 years in prison for a medication error, yes a young mother died because of her actions....but it could have been done by any nurse in the working conditions nurses are forced to work now adays. Second, my son's father committed suicide....very tragic, very sad....Third, my mother has been diagnosed with a serious illness and will be coming to live with us next week. I will be caring for her....I am so glad she will be here. So please dear farmgirl friends, forgive me for being a little off kilter the past few months. Now that I will be home caring for my mother, and not working except two days a month to pay for our health insurance, I hope to be back on boards soon.
Love and thanks,
Georgann
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/
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| jo Thompson |
Posted - Jan 13 2007 : 10:01:28 AM
Hi Aunt George, I read about your nursing dilemma, I worry about this all the time. I worked 24 hours in the ER last week, and I don't know what's happening to our medical environment. It is really frightening. hang in there, I'm so sorry about your recent events, jo
north to alaska..... |
| vintagegrl |
Posted - Jan 13 2007 : 09:28:45 AM
Georgann,
I too have just read this post today. And like Carrie I am new here. Just wanted to say how incredibly lucky you are that you will be able to care for your mother. May God bless you and your family.
Jeanette |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jan 13 2007 : 09:15:14 AM
Ya'll are just so sweet. Thank you again for all of your loving posts.
Mom and I went to the oncologist yesterday for her first consultation. Basically, there is really no hope of recovery or improvment in this type of cancer, so Mom has decided to not do any chemo, or experimental drug or vaccine therapy. She signed a DNR and she is going to smell the roses, listen to the ocean, eat what she wants, laugh and love for the time that she has left in this life. I am very thankful for this decision. It is brave and loving of her to choose this course of life. I prayed that she would choose to enjoy what time she has left rather than suffer in doctor's offices, languish in hospitals at the mercy of overworked staff. Instead we will be entering a hospice program. I will be given a box of comfort medications to use for her when the times are rough. I am an experienced RN, but also a daughter and mother and my mother's sisterly caretaker in this life. My mother and I have discussed how by my two young daughters observing how I care for her during her darkest hours, they will in turn learn how to care for not only others, but also for my husband and I and their future families.
I remember reading how MaryJane lost her mother in a tragic way, so I am grateful that I will have this time with my mother to talk, laugh, eat donuts and ultimately bath her, hold her and let her go.
My brother took her to the beach today. They are going to rent a hotel room, facing the ocean and eat at an all you can eat seafood buffet tonight. I wanted to go too, but I know how important it is for them to be together alone right now. He flys back to London, his home, on Monday.
I love all of you and thank you for your support and Cinnamongirl...new friends are always welcome at MJ's and at Aunt George's house too!
Love and hugs,
I am thankful for Abundant Blessings,
G
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/
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| cinnamongirl |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 7:44:48 PM
Hi Aunt George I am new here but it seems to me friends do not need to give explanations as life pulls us in many directions and sometimes we canot always chat with everyone. But true friends will always be there when u can be there!!! Hugs and prayers for u and your family. Stay strong!! |
| Nance in France |
Posted - Jan 11 2007 : 12:50:14 PM
Georgann, God bless you and your family, especially your wise husband who obviously knows you will never have the opportunity to recapture these moments with your mom, and that you will never forgive yourself if you miss them......you can always go back to work. Just like the movie said, seize the day, and make the most of it. With loving thoughts, Nance |
| Hideaway Farmgirl |
Posted - Jan 09 2007 : 08:54:21 AM
Aunt George, sorry for my late reply but somehow I missed your posting last month. I, too, am so very glad that you are back here among FRIENDS!
It sounds to me like your family has indeed taken the right direction with regard to your professional nursing career (how VERY scary to read your cautionary tales) and to be able to spend quality time with your mom.
Who knows, this may be your single most important "nursing" experience of your life, done with love and caring instead of medications and procedures. You go, girl!
Enjoy your Washington, DC tour...this will be a wonderful event to enjoy now as a family, and for you and your girls, in particular, to remember for years to come.
They will always remember this special time with their grandma. My mom moved my granddad into our home in Michigan, from Florida, for the last year of his life. I never will forget the quiet times I spent playing (and always losing) checkers and other board games with this wonderful and gentle giant. Although he became stepfather to my mom and her sister when they were grown and married with children of their own, he was much loved and truly spent his final days in the bosom of his family after we lost my grandma.
Stay in touch with us here, please, and you know that my prayers and hugs go out to you and your family.
Hugs,
Jo
"There are no strangers here, only friends you've yet to meet." |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jan 09 2007 : 08:41:07 AM
Oh Georgann, this brings tears to my eyes, but it sounds like things are much more on track for you. I'm so glad to see you back. Being gone for awhile and then coming back is like coming home to good friends. Take care and I hope we hear from you often. |
| EnchantedWoodsGirl |
Posted - Jan 08 2007 : 11:44:47 AM
Georgann you know how glad I am to see you back here too! This group has been such a comfort to my soul, and without it, I would have not had you in my life -
Love you!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Jan 08 2007 : 05:00:27 AM
How absolutely touching and tearjerking all rolled into one! I am glad you have good friends here for support. You are such a good daughter to honor your mother this way, just opening your life to her, to make her last days beautiful. It is sadly amazing that there are many people out there that wouldn't do that; and of course there are some that wish they could but can't.
Blessings to you,
XO
Bonnie
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
http://beemoosie-picture-diary.blogspot.com/ |
| Aunt George |
Posted - Jan 08 2007 : 03:17:22 AM
Thank you again to all of my farmgirls! I have been isolated way too long from all of you. A dear friend of mine...here on MJ's has been encouraging me to come back to the boards so here I am again.
An update on us: Mom is here and settled in. We are enjoying every minute and every day. She looks hearty and hale, is eating well and sleeping well. According to my sister, she wasn't eating or sleeping well at all before she came here to be with us. Yesterday was her 71st birthday and I baked her a Key Lime/Coconut angel food cake. Coconut is her favorite type of cake. She likes my family doctor, he treated her very well with honesty and truth and told her if she doesn't have long to live, then live each day with enjoyment!! We go to the oncologist this coming Friday. My brother is flying here from London today and we are going to Washington DC to take a capitol tour. Mom has always wanted to do this! So, we are going to do as much as possible before she can't do these things. I am so grateful to have her in my life and so grateful that my husband is soooo understanding. He told me to quit work.....which I did.....which in itself is saving my life! Life is good, and thank you all for your understanding and friendship.
Much love and abundant blessings,
Georgann
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 9:27:34 PM
Your mom is so lucky to have you and your girls are so blessed to be able to have both mom and grandma at home. I miss my grandma so much even now (she passed 14 years ago) and loved all the time I had with her..she was more of a mom to me than my mom was most of my life. This can be such a wonderful time for you and your mom together too. I will sure be keeping you in my prayers as I am sure it is such a trying and scary time too. I am so glad to see you here!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 8:14:03 PM
Thank you all so much for your words of understanding and encouragement. Ya'll are wonderful. My mother is now here and we have her mostly unpacked and settled in her room. I have quit work for now and we will be starting the MD rounds next week. But for this weekend we are simply loving each other, laughing and hopefully getting to know one another better as friends and adults. My daughters are loving having their grandmother here under the same roof! We had a deep heart to heart the other wee hours of the morning and I think my mother has decided to let this all take its course without the intervention of chemotherapy....I am sad and relieved all at the same time. I love her so much...anyway, thank you again. Hope to be on again very soon. Love and hugs,
http://auntgeorgeshouse.blogspot.com/
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| sunshine |
Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 10:28:48 AM
sorry you have had so many complications in life I kept checing your site for any updates to see if you where ok. I hope life slows a little for you in the near future. Take care and much love sunshine
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe my blog http://sunshinescreations.blogspot.com
my web stores www.sunshines.etsy.com and http://vintagethreads.etsy.com
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| sewgirlie |
Posted - Dec 27 2006 : 3:29:46 PM
Hi Aunt George:
It is so good to have you back. Sometimes I just spend hours reading the postings and not saying anything. Your voice was always so welcoming and homey. Hope all goes well with mom at the house and that you recover from the other sadnesses in life.
The life of a nurse in this country is an outrage and I am sorry that you had to take such a drastic step at this time. Between overworked doctors who cannot afford the insurance and the way that nurses are expected to perform, it will be a sad day for our healthcare system very soon, if not already!
Warm wishes...Sheryl-lyn |
| blueroses |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 1:54:05 PM
Georgann,
Welcome back. No need to be sorry. We all have ups and downs. Glad to see you back and so sorry for the recent problems you've encountered.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Bluewrenn |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 1:50:54 PM
Merry Christmas Georgann
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| Nance in France |
Posted - Dec 26 2006 : 12:06:00 PM
Georgann, happy Christmas and wishes for a new year filled with peace and contentment, and a bit more shuteye specially for you! I do not know you, like alot of the other farm gals, but you are well loved, from all the posts I've read over the last six months! You and yours have been through some trying and heartbreaking times. Hope the road starts to smooth out for you very soon. Farmgal hugs, Nance |
| junebug |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 12:14:19 PM
Welcome back Georgann and Merry Christmas, I have to agree with Miss Frannie, sometimes the hard times do teach us just how strong we can be. May the New Year be brighter! Glad to have you back with us!
Visit me at my blogs:
www.countrypleasures.blogspot.com
www.herbalfarmstead.blogspot.com
And my new food blog at: www.homesteadblogger.com/gardencafe
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 12:08:42 PM
Merry Christmas and welcome back Georgann. You were missed! Take care of yourself and your dear Mom and keep in touch when you can.
Love, Di
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| Luzy |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 11:33:23 AM
Welcome home Georgann! You've been missed. I'm so sorry to hear of everything you've been going through. We are here to listen anytime. Hope you have a nice Holiday with your Mom. Hugs, Lu
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May I always be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. |
| Phils Ann |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 11:25:02 AM
Georgann,
We're so glad you're able to come back... and so very sorry your life has been so difficult. What stress!!!! Your son has my prayers as he deals with his dad's suicide, and your mom.... the rest of your family, and of course, YOU! I hope your Christmas is joyous in spite of all that has happened.
Love,
Ann
There is a Redeemer. |
| Mumof3 |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 06:41:41 AM
Georgann- I'm so sorry that you have had such a whirlwind swirling around you. I hope that things calm down for you soon. It is so good to hear from you. You have been greatly missed.
Merry Christmas.
Karin |
| momto6 |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 05:55:47 AM
Hello, Georgann,
I'm new to the forum, but I am looking forward to getting to know you. I'm so sorry for your difficult circumstances; I'll keep your family in my prayers.
Val |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 05:50:57 AM
Aunt George,
So So glad you will be back with us, have missed you. So sorry to hear what a tough time you have been having. I was aware that your work was pretty much taking over your life but the other issues that were keeping you away, no, I was not aware of. I hope being home with your Mom will put you back on track, and my goodness you must need some well earned rest. How are the girls? And do you have an extra room for your Mom? As I recall she didn't live real near you did she? or was that your sister? As you can see I have missed you, lots of questions. Well the bottom line is, glad you are going to be checking in here, and special thoughts for your Mom.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| peapodjane |
Posted - Dec 24 2006 : 03:21:56 AM
Hello Georgann,
Blessings in this season for you and yours. May you find joy in precious moments with your mother and son.
Suicide is such a lonely, sad and frightening happening for both the individual and family. May you find others near who will have compassion for your family.
I agree with you about the nursing situation, not good at all and very difficult because most all nurses care very deeply for their patients and their profession.
Again blessings and cheer for you. From the posts here and in the past I can see you have many who care for you in Farmgirl World.
May this comfort you.
peapodjane |
