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Those of you with diabetes, please, please take good care of yourselves and make sure you see your doctor regularly!
I just found out yesterday that a friend of mine, Maxine, passed away last Saturday. She had been on insulin for as long as I've known her (over 30 years). Maxine had developed an ulcer on her right foot maybe 10 years ago, and didn't have it taken care of. She lost most of her right foot, from the ankle forward. She lived alone in an apartment, not too far from her mother and sister, and was dependent on them to get around as she couldn't drive. She 'didn't want to bother them too often' so she didn't see her doctor nearly as often as she should have.
Maxine's sugar was all over the charts, and she ended up in the hospital with all her organs shutting down. That was just about a year ago. We got a miracle, and from the hospital she went into a nursing home for rehab until she was strong enough to stand on her own and walk with a walker. Before she got that strong, she got pneumonia and C. Diff., had to go on dialysis three times a week, and then lost more of her right leg up to the knee.
I talked to her shortly after I was laid off on the 9th, and it must have been right after that that her organs started shutting down again. The doctors said there were not going to be any miracles this time, so they called in hospice and stopped the dialysis so she was more alert until the end. Her sister told me that she had breakfast that morning, brushed her teeth, and just went to sleep. Thank You, Lord, for making her end so peaceful. I know she's dancing up in Heaven now.
I just found out yesterday that a friend of mine, Maxine, passed away last Saturday. She had been on insulin for as long as I've known her (over 30 years). Maxine had developed an ulcer on her right foot maybe 10 years ago, and didn't have it taken care of. She lost most of her right foot, from the ankle forward. She lived alone in an apartment, not too far from her mother and sister, and was dependent on them to get around as she couldn't drive. She 'didn't want to bother them too often' so she didn't see her doctor nearly as often as she should have.
Maxine's sugar was all over the charts, and she ended up in the hospital with all her organs shutting down. That was just about a year ago. We got a miracle, and from the hospital she went into a nursing home for rehab until she was strong enough to stand on her own and walk with a walker. Before she got that strong, she got pneumonia and C. Diff., had to go on dialysis three times a week, and then lost more of her right leg up to the knee.
I talked to her shortly after I was laid off on the 9th, and it must have been right after that that her organs started shutting down again. The doctors said there were not going to be any miracles this time, so they called in hospice and stopped the dialysis so she was more alert until the end. Her sister told me that she had breakfast that morning, brushed her teeth, and just went to sleep. Thank You, Lord, for making her end so peaceful. I know she's dancing up in Heaven now.