Update
When she and Aunt Catbird arrived, Aunt Kay was restless and unable to settle down. She calmed down a little bit when she saw her sisters, but doctors still weren't able to get a good blood pressure on her until well into the afternoon.
Later on she asked that her breathing tube be removed. When staff removed it, she crashed. The staff were able to restart her heart and bring her back, but she's doing poorly. Doctors found more cancer, this time in her chest. The outlook is grim.
Aunt Kay does not want to be kept alive by machines, so the decision was made to give her a morphine drip to ease her pain, remove the breathing tube again, and wait to see what happens. I will be surprised if she survives the night.
Mom and Aunt Catbird were back at their room when Mom called. Aunt Catbird's legs were painful from all the walking, so they thought it best to retire and wait. And pray.
I have some big decisions to make as to what to do. I have to arrange for my absence from work, how to get to PA, etc. I appreciate your prayers for that as I'm feeling uncertain about the best way to go about it. The only thing that's certain is I need to go to PA. Thank you for remembering me as well as our family as we grieve.
Even in my wretched state of mind, I smile and give thanks for all of you. You all mean so much to me.
