Prayers wanted for my Nanny please

lillekat

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Today I got an e-mail from my younger brother (because he coudln't get hold of me any other way) to let me know that my Nanny, who is diabetic, is now in the High Dependency Unit in Dr Grays Hospital hooked up to a number of machines and having her oxygen levels monitored. Things are so bad this time that everyone is expecting the worst - my father has just travelled 600 miles overnight and is currently rounding up the family - so I'm fairly sure that this is it. I will be flying out as soon as possible, if finances allow for it. she is the sweetest woman I know - despite the really dirty sense of humour that has never left her
and it's hard to imagine what life would be like without her making some rude remark in the day.

I would just like to ask for a little board magic for her - keep her in your thoughts and your prayers and if this really is her time to go, pray that it will be swift and painless and peaceful with all her family around her.
 

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Your grandmother and your family are in my thoughts and prayers
. I certainly hope you are able to make it out there to say goodbye (if it does come to that). Rembmer your TCS family is always here for you
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from me too. I hope you can get out to see her, and that things turn out for the best whichever way they go. Take comfort in the fact that she knows you love her
 

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I am sending prayers and hugs your way to your Nanny and family
 

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Thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, and your Nanny.
 

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Prayers for your beloved Nanny. She sounds like a very interesting lady! I'm sorry she is having such a hard time right now!
 
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Thanks guys
I don't think there will be a miracle recovery - and to be honest, we're all hoping there isn't. She's been too ill for too long. She can't move, she can't speak and her kidneys are failing. She has said that she is ready to die, and last time she was in hospital she requested that should anything happen again, she wanted to be D.N.R. So, we've respected that wish.

Apparently though - and quite alarmingly so - our family will have really good grounds to sue the hospital - she is diabetic and her doctor wanted to monitor her natural blood sugar levels, but despite his orders, hospital staff were injecting her with insulin whenever it changed. Therefore her sugar levels couldn't have been monitored properly and whatever needed to be done for her couldn't have been done accurately.

I'm flying in ooo 6 hours - bless him, Rune came home early from work and insisted on booking me on the soonest flight he could. It's 3am and I can't sleep, but I know I've got to be up at about 7
Still, dad was rallying the troops and he couldn't honestly expect me not to be rallied too. I'll be coming back again on Friday. So, if I don't make it around for the next few days, you'll know where I am.

Thankyou for all the magic
 

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My best wishes to you, your Nanny & your family. May peace be with you.

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