Re: Gma Dutson (Emma) has Passed Away

Thanks, Uncle Duane, for the beautiful email about her last day.  I'm so sorry you had to bear the brunt of the weight for her care and passing but I am ever so grateful that you were there.  Grandma had the biggest heart and was so loving and forgiving and accepted us all.  She will always be close in our hearts.  She lived a full life!  I hope there is a joyous reunion and I wonder what it is like to see her Savior.  Amazing that Grandpa and her passed away August 9 and 10.  Let us know when the funeral is.

Love to you all!

Traci

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:46 AM, Duane Dutson <duaned@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

Emma, Mom, Gma D has finally gone home.

According to the nurse I talked to, she passed away August 9, 2017 @ 10:45 PM.

I am grateful that I was able to visit her yesterday afternoon...

Some of the things we talked about:

* It's OK for her to go HOME.  Now that we have her approved for Medicaid, she can stay as long as she wants, but it's OK for her to go.

* Who might the one who would be there to escort her in her passing.  She wondered if it might be Gpa D, but I mentioned that in all my reading, it was usually a parent, but certainly could be "her sweetie".  And we won't know for sure till we cross over...

* She had been nauseated most of the day,  I told her that the nausea was just a part of her passing.  They had given her a pill (Zofran) to help with it, but that perhaps the nausea was part of the body ridding itself of un-needed 'stuff'.  ...that she would continue to have such problems, even worsening, until she let go and crossed over.  If she was anything like me, and I *hate* vomiting, I would consider passing on rather dealing with extended nausea.

* I told her that my health wasn't doing that well, that I still might pass away before her.  With a smile she said, well, why don't we both go together?  I responded that she would have her sweetie, but who would I have?  I could see the cogs turning as she pondered that.  At last she mentioned something about she could see that it might be a problem for me...   She is such a loving person and she wants *all* of her loved ones near her.   At last she CAN be near us all -- in our dreams, in our quiet contemplative moments.

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She was the last of her generation/siblings to cross over.  I hope there is a mighty family reunion going on now.  She and I joked, on occasion, that 'they' might be asking her what took her so long to come join them?

Trivia:

* She had just turned 94 on July 14th.

* Her 'Sweetie' (Parley) passed away on August 10th.

Cheers Mom.  And God Speed.