I thought I would keep up the memories of Tooie's beloved cats, so with this post title I commemorate Johanna. She was a twitchy Siamese that only really wanted Tooie around. Beautiful but deadly, you learned to keep your distance the hard way: I found her an excellent role model.
I just spoke with my Mom this morning to get an update on Tooie. Last night, he took a slight turn for the worse. His breathing became labored and his pulse and blood pressure were jumping up and down. His fever also got higher. They put him back on the ventilator and he stabilised. The doctor told my Mom last night that it takes about 48 hours after a patient comes into the ICU to see changes, and that patients either starts getting better or starts declining. It seems that Tooie is slowly declining. As soon as results from his EEG in, I'll post them.
Tooie's last self aware moments were among friends, arguing passionately for something he believed in. He spent last weekend with his whole family (even Sarah and Michael made it!) at the beach. This is to say that he was living and enjoying his life to the end, and for that I am thankful.
Thank you to my family and friends so much for all the words of support and love; they help me more than you may realize.
Love to everyone,
Jenn
I keep waiting for the world to shudder.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Jenn (and Renny) for setting up this wonderful blog.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, Olive's cat was named Johanna...I wonder if Tooie named his cat after hers, and if they perhaps had similar personalities!
Please know that we're thinking of you all. Very glad to know Tooie was doing some of his favorite things when this happened. So happy you got the quality family time at the beach.
love,
Torre