Hi all. I’m Gabby. On Sunday, my entire world came crashing down. My amazing mother sadly lost her life after the most immediate, rapid decline I’ve ever seen.

She was fine on Friday. We were talking, and she was just complaining of feeling really tired. When it was time to go to dialysis, she started vomiting. Still, she kept saying “honey I’m fine. I’m just really tired.”

Saturday morning came and I heard her still throwing up/dry heaving. Still, she kept saying “I’m fine, really. I’m just really tired.” I left momentarily to get my car inspected then returned to her on the couch, semi conscious. I told her I was calling 911. In typical mom fashion, she yelled at me telling me no, she was fine. I called anyway.

She got transported to the hospital where the tests showed her labs all out of whack. Her blood sugar was 36, blood pressure extremely low, and she started mentally declining rapidly. I visited her Saturday evening and she wasn’t even aware of where she was, who I was, or what was happening.

Then yesterday they said she was okay ish. She was more alert than the night before and said she’d benefit from a visit from me. I was relieved she wasn’t as severe from the night before so I waited about 2 hours then headed over there. While on my way, they called me and asked if I was on my way and said they will update me on her progress when I get in there.

I check in and am immediately rushed to the back where a team of about 20 doctors are all standing around where I’m then told a million and one things that are going on with her. Basically since our phone call a few hours earlier, mom rapidly declined and was having trouble breathing on her own. They placed her on life support in the hopes that they could complete more testing without her refusing. She never made it back to us

Everything happened so fast. She was fine We were talking. She wanted to make a pork roast for dinner. She cleaned the house (too thoroughly in my opinion, but you can never tell mom what to do). And now within one weekend she is gone.

They ended up finding the culprit. It was something I cannot pronounce, but basically it is life threatening even in the healthiest people. So it was game over for her once they found it.

I’m sorry this is so long. My mother was so full of life, even when it became hard for her. She never, ever gave up. She fought til the last minute. I am going to miss her so much. I became her full time caretaker in 2022/2023. I don’t know what to do with my life anymore now that she’s gone.

Because of how rapid this happened, my siblings and I are struggling with affording the cremation costs. I appreciate any and all help we receive in helping to pay for our mother’s cremation.