Lauren has made his final transition
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Such a long/short journey. After a year and a half in the nursing home, Lauren developed a bowel obstruction and was transferred to the hospital on Monday, June 22. Though we originally planned emergency surgery to correct the obstruction, he began to fail pretty rapidly and we decided to cancel the already highly risky surgery. I became convinced there would be a significant further loss of function even if he survived the surgery and his function was already pretty minimal. He was moved into a hospice house on Wednesday, June 24. We were told it would be 24-48 hrs but it ended up being 10 days. It was exhausting and holy and gentle and every emotion in between. Lauren transitioned in the early morning hours of July 3. I'm sure the sense of loss will continue to ebb and flow but right now I'm just trying to go through the process of planning for the memorial service and other issues that are immediate. Our experience with hospice house was so supportive and caring. We couldn't have asked for a better environment to go through this tough time. The support of this board was so helpful during the time I had Lauren at home. I'm pretty depleted right now so I'll just post this. ~~Donna
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