I am sorry I dropped out of contact. The mobile phone and internet signals were very poor over at the carehome so I didn't take my comp with me.
I started staying overnight and coming home for a few hours during the day just over 2 weeks ago. Thinking each day that it couldn't be long now, I stopped coming home on 5th November. It seemed impossible that um lasted through each night, although deeply unconscious.
This morning I sent out my usual 'Still here' texts, had some breakfast and dozed off. Woke up to find she had slipped away. I know I would have heard any noise or distress, her heart simply gave up the fight after all this time.
Like many of us here, my relationship with Mum was often difficult so I anticipate some very mixed feelings to come. One thing I know is that I have nothing with which to reproach myself regarding her end of life.