She's being moved home today. ... she hasn't had food since Sunday.


I hope the move went without incident, and that being back in her familiar environment has been calming. How was your time with her?

So it's been a week now since she has eaten? Have they given you any sense as to how long it will take for her to fade away? I'd suggest spending as much time with her as you can (if you haven't already decided this). I was so glad afterward that I'd decided to do this with my dad. In addition to the overall aspect of connection and support, he had several highly agitated-seeming moments shortly before the end, and my brother and I were able to put our arms around him and calm him. And afterward, I felt that we had taken part in a basic, ageless, life circle. My dad had helped me come into the world at the very beginning of my life, and I had helped him take leave of the world at the end of his life. It was (and still is) a very powerful emotion and sense of rightness. And helped in some way to take an edge off the profound sense of his loss.