We have set a time for the visitation
Thursday, December, 10th
5:30pm - 9:30pm
See other entry for location of funeral home
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Addendum to the service schedule
After the memorial service on Friday which begins at 10:00am, visitors are welcome to our home. We kindly request visitors to bring any type of food or drink (pot luck style). Our address is 606 Strey Ct., Deer Park, TX. Naturally we do not expect or anticipate our out of town visitors to bring anything.
If anyone has specific questions please call Brook at 970-333-4035.
Looking to see our loved friends and family and having a great time celebrating my mother's life.
If anyone has specific questions please call Brook at 970-333-4035.
Looking to see our loved friends and family and having a great time celebrating my mother's life.
Viewing and Memorial Service Information
First thing is first! Mom DOES NOT WANT FLOWERS! Please do not send flowers. At the bottom of this message you will find information for donations in memory of Vicki Yates.
The house is now open for visitors. Feel free to call at 281-476-9525.
Schedule:
Visitation (no viewing) - Thursday, December 10th , 5:30pm-9:30pm
Memorial service - Friday, December 11th, 10:00am
Grand View Funeral Home and Memorial Park
8501 Spencer Highway
Pasadena, TX 77505
281-479-6076
In lieu of flowers please send donations to either:
MD Anderson Medical Center - Glioblastoma Research or
The Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center (BOEC)
You can either send checks to the Grand View Funeral Home and they will distribute the checks accordingly or send directly to the agencies below
Details for MD Anderson Medical Center:
Send checks to PO Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486
Write on subject line, "In Memory of Vicki Yates"
Details for BOEC:
You can either to go www.boec.org and donate electronically or send checks directly to PO Box 697, Breckenridge, CO 80424.
Let their be peace
Exactly six months to the hour after mom woke up numb on the left side of her body she courageously lost the battle to brain cancer and peacefully stopped breathing at 10:00am on December 8th, 2009.
The family respectfully asks for all phone calls and visitors to please wait until we can get details sorted and for further announcements.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Yep...still breathing
It is 11:00pm and mom is still snoring away. The hospice nurse that came by is floored that she is still hanging in there.
Final hours....still
It is 10:00am on Monday morning and mom is still hanging in there fighting for each breathe. From what we can best guess, she is not in pain or discomfort.
We had so much fun yesterday with a house full of people until midnight. Even though Mom was unresponsive, we know she could feel our presence and hear our voices. This is absolutely how mom would want this house. Filled with food, laughter, friends, families, stories, jokes and maybe even a couple of tears.
While talking with my dad and uncle this morning we came to a realization. I wrote in my blog several days ago that mom had asked two friends to speak at her funeral. She did so with such ease and confidence (which in this situation was rare for her). Our interpretation from this is that she knew this was her last day of alertness. It was her way of saying she was ready.
We had so much fun yesterday with a house full of people until midnight. Even though Mom was unresponsive, we know she could feel our presence and hear our voices. This is absolutely how mom would want this house. Filled with food, laughter, friends, families, stories, jokes and maybe even a couple of tears.
While talking with my dad and uncle this morning we came to a realization. I wrote in my blog several days ago that mom had asked two friends to speak at her funeral. She did so with such ease and confidence (which in this situation was rare for her). Our interpretation from this is that she knew this was her last day of alertness. It was her way of saying she was ready.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Final Days
As of 10:00pm Mom had been sleeping for 26 hours straight. Her breathing became more and more difficult, with moans and gurgling in her breathing. I continued to give her the most amount of pain medications I was instructed, but nothing seemed to bring her relief. I called on the hour every hour to the hospice nurse when around 3:30 the triage nurse told me that we could be coming up to the end stages of her life.
By 5:00am a hospice nurse arrived and gave us instruction and explained what we can anticipate. In her best guess mom might make it through the day and maybe until tomorrow morning, but regardless of exactly how much time she has we are within the last day or even last hours.
The family including mom's brother Brent and tons of friends have been at the house all day. We have been sitting around her bedside holding her hand, telling stories and laughing. Apparently the last function that remains is hearing. Even though mom cannot move or respond to anything, she can hear every word.
She is now relaxing without pain and several days ago she seemed to be at peace when she asked a couple of her friends to speak at her funeral.
By 5:00am a hospice nurse arrived and gave us instruction and explained what we can anticipate. In her best guess mom might make it through the day and maybe until tomorrow morning, but regardless of exactly how much time she has we are within the last day or even last hours.
The family including mom's brother Brent and tons of friends have been at the house all day. We have been sitting around her bedside holding her hand, telling stories and laughing. Apparently the last function that remains is hearing. Even though mom cannot move or respond to anything, she can hear every word.
She is now relaxing without pain and several days ago she seemed to be at peace when she asked a couple of her friends to speak at her funeral.
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