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Day 9: Mum struggles and then departs

When I arrived at the Hospice on Monday morning it was clear that mum was in trouble. She was being sick and looked in distress so I called the doctor who administered some drugs that stopped the sickness and settled her. I spent some time just sitting with mum and holding her hand and then phoned Karen to let her know about the situation. 

Some time later Steve arrived and we just sat with mum chatting. At 1.45 a nurse dropped in a letter from mum's sister and as Steve read it to her, she quietly, almost imperceptibly, stopped breathing. Once we were sure we called a nurse who confirmed our thoughts and then we left mum and sat in the visitors room while the staff sorted her out. They placed a nice posy on her pillow so when Steve came back with dad she looked pretty.  
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  • Project 1: Public Landscapes
  • Project 2: Domestic Landscape
  • Project 3: Out of Place
  • Project 4 Intimate Landscapes
  • Project 5: Evidence
  • Project 6: A Picture of Health
  • Project 7: Blood and Shit
  • Project 8 How I feel
  • Project 9 Code
  • Project 10 Symbols
  • Project 11: Signs
  • Project 12: Imagined Landscapes
  • Project 13: The Face
  • Project 14: The Body
  • Project 15: Blueprint
  • Project 16: Moving
  • Project 17: Feet
  • Project 18: Craft
  • Project 19: Words
  • Project 20: Physical
  • Twelve Days in Summer
    • Day 1: July 24th 2014 Crisis
    • Looking back: June 9th and 18th 2014
    • Day 2: Distractions
    • Day 3: Realisations
    • Day 4: Transition
    • Day 5: Acceptance
    • Day 6: Saying goodbye
    • Day 7: Sorting dad out
    • Day 8: Part 1: Just me and mum
    • Day 8 Part 2: Saying goodbye
    • Day 8: Part 3: The summar BBQ without mum
    • Day 9: Mum struggles and then departs
    • Day 10 - Administration
    • Day 11: Ritual Farewell
    • Day 12: Residue
  • Getting On
  • Dad (2016)
  • Emergency
  • Heartblock
  • The Small Print
  • Project 1: Public Landscapes
  • Project 2: Domestic Landscape
  • Project 3: Out of Place
  • Project 4 Intimate Landscapes
  • Project 5: Evidence
  • Project 6: A Picture of Health
  • Project 7: Blood and Shit
  • Project 8 How I feel
  • Project 9 Code
  • Project 10 Symbols
  • Project 11: Signs
  • Project 12: Imagined Landscapes
  • Project 13: The Face
  • Project 14: The Body
  • Project 15: Blueprint
  • Project 16: Moving
  • Project 17: Feet
  • Project 18: Craft
  • Project 19: Words
  • Project 20: Physical
  • Twelve Days in Summer
    • Day 1: July 24th 2014 Crisis
    • Looking back: June 9th and 18th 2014
    • Day 2: Distractions
    • Day 3: Realisations
    • Day 4: Transition
    • Day 5: Acceptance
    • Day 6: Saying goodbye
    • Day 7: Sorting dad out
    • Day 8: Part 1: Just me and mum
    • Day 8 Part 2: Saying goodbye
    • Day 8: Part 3: The summar BBQ without mum
    • Day 9: Mum struggles and then departs
    • Day 10 - Administration
    • Day 11: Ritual Farewell
    • Day 12: Residue
  • Getting On
  • Dad (2016)
  • Emergency
  • Heartblock
  • The Small Print