Each of us girls would take one
night during the week to spend with Mom.
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tonight to see how she is."
" You girls have done so much already," Dad said. I can’ t tell you how thankful we are that you brought Kelly here last night. It wasn’ t necessary for you to stay, but thank you."
Sally went over and hugged him with tears in her eyes. " There’ s no need to thank us. We know Kelly would have done the same for any of us." She smiled and gave me a quick hug. " We’ ll see you tonight.
The weeks Mom spent in the hospital are a blur. She was very weak and eventually became depressed about the loss of her leg. She was in a lot of pain even with the medications they gave her. Dad and I took turns staying with her during the days. He was able to take a leave of absence from his work. Somehow I managed to continue going to classes and keep my grades up.
Sally, Mary Ann, and Jody made it clear from the
beginning that they wanted to be treated as if they were part of our family. Jody, who
Each of us girls would take one
night during the week to spend with Mom.
liked to have everything spelled out made up a schedule for all of us. Each of us girls would take one night during the week to spend with Mom. That would leave the weekends for Dad to spend some special time with her. We didn’ t know yet what kind of care Mom would need when she came home but the girls and I said we would make those decisions when the time came.
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