End of Life Issues

At the age of 96 she fell and broke her hip about 10 days before Halloween. Surgery went well, and she had been healthy and active before the fall. She spent two weeks in the hospital, and although she was told that if she did the prescribed physical therapy she'd be walking and back home (a retirement home) within about 3 weeks. She declined, and in early November she went to hospice. After about a week she stopped eating. A few days later, she stopped drinking. She passed away on Thanksgiving evening, not long after her 97th birthday.

She was long widowed and most of her friends had passed. She was also a very devout Christian, and essentially just wanted to go "home." I miss her, but I understand her choice. I might have made it myself were I in her place.