Hello I am Mary known as MM I was asked to write this so I will try.In 1967 I married a retired Marine We had 4 children as time went by he started having a bad problem with depression and flashbacks .For the next 13 years our life was spent going back and forth to hospitals. In 1988 our oldest son was in a diving accident and was on life support for 10 days. This was to much for my husband who was already in a frigal condition and he had a stroke. For the next 6 month I had my husbandin the hospital on one side of the street and my son on the other side of the street not knowing how either one was going to come out . While this was going on my Mother who was living with us started bleeding from the blood thiner she was on .I now had 3 of them in the hospital. My Husband come home from the hospital he had lost his speech and was prailized on his left side . My son was pralized from the neck down. My mother got better but had to be watched very carefully.In 1993 My husband passed away 3days after his furnal i went to SS to take care of things when i got home the phone was ringing the hospital was calling to tell me my Mother had passed away.In 1996 I met and fell in love with a guy who was in a car accident he is a tbi with all the problems that go with that . On Aug.4 1999 my son had all he could take and decided to end his life. He was still alive when he was found . He was put on lifesupport witch you have to do here for 72 hrs.They said he was brain dead we took him off the support and he was still with us .They said he might live ond day or a year they didn't know. They wanted to send him to a home 100 miles from here. I said no I will take him home to die.WE did with the help of Hospice . God bless these people they are the greatest people in the world. When the amb. people brought him into the house he opened his eyes and tryed to talk. He held each of us that night and told us he loved us. I got in bed with him and he patted my head all night and kept saying i love you . at 1020 the next day he went to live with his Dad and Grandmother. Most people don't get to say goodby but God let us have that and I am very greatful.I now have the mission of taking care of my mate and with Gods grace maybe I can be of help to him. His faItmily has nothing to do with him they say they have their own problems and most of his friends are gone to . I won't judge them thats not my job.He says I don't understand him but I do he is scared I will leave him to and he will have nobody. A lot of the time he is a 7 year old so what 7 year old would not be scared of being alone . Other times he is a very angry person I can also understand that. Other times he is verry confussed.So as you can see life is very hard for him all I can do is be here for him and love him. I left a lot out but this is turning into a book so I will end ,It helps to talk to people who know what your talking about . Thank you guys for the support and God bless you.
