I always admired our Auntie June (even though she would have preferred to have been named Victoria Elizabeth) for her joie de vivre and shere ebullience and well remember her at age 77 sprinting across the gravel at Méze that time we were all in France for Cathy's fiftieth.
I loved that time we were all at the 'Mal Maison' too after lunch chatting and sunning ourselves at Dad's 80th and of course at Mauritius for Gemma and Clives's wedding.
We had such larks at Rachel's 50th too for her surprise party with a Greek twist, smashing plates and dancing the night away at the 'Rock of Gibraltar' and later squishing about at the barbeque after a deluge at Sue's 60th.
I received a Junie Special for my birthday - in with the card loads of photos all written on the back; photocopies of Rob's birthday card to her and photo album pages and two letters all about having known Clive's Auntie Ros since 1983 and being there for Mum when I was born.
Scan10020, photo scanned by Stevecrestweed on Flickr. Then a call at 6pm on Friday and later this email from Rebecca "...That afternoon Ruth Mum & myself where on our way to lunch, mum had just had her eyes checked and ordered new glasses the 3 of us was walking side by side chatting and laughing, she was very disappointed that we where going to miss lunch. When she was in the ambulance before we left Dave the 1st paramedic, went in and gave her a big kiss, which she found very charming.
I still cannot believe it, it so unfair there was still so much she wonted to do, I bet she is giving Dad & Frank a hell of a time as she was not ready for it.
Take care with all my love
Rebecca xx
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Scan10020, photo scanned by Stevecrestweed on Flickr. Then a call at 6pm on Friday and later this email from Rebecca "...That afternoon Ruth Mum & myself where on our way to lunch, mum had just had her eyes checked and ordered new glasses the 3 of us was walking side by side chatting and laughing, she was very disappointed that we where going to miss lunch. When she was in the ambulance before we left Dave the 1st paramedic, went in and gave her a big kiss, which she found very charming.
I still cannot believe it, it so unfair there was still so much she wonted to do, I bet she is giving Dad & Frank a hell of a time as she was not ready for it.
Take care with all my love
Rebecca xx
1 comment:
Rebecca Ann Warren 7:32pm Oct 27
Hi
When Mum tripped she banged her head on the pavement, 2 passing men rushed to her rescue, shortly followed by a off duty paramedic, who got her a chair from the local cafe. Then two policemen walked around the corner and phoned an ambulance, mum was protesting that she did not need one she was ok, she had a small cut just above the right eyebrow and swelling on her cheek. The fast response paramedic arrived and said she would have to go to Pembury hospital (its over 35 mins drive and mum hated it) This distressed her, we said we would be with her and she was happier.
The ambulance arrived and she was chatting and being mum, then the 3 paramedics, persuaded her to go to hospital, by now her blood pressure was very high she was still chatting and responsive, but within 15 mins she started to feel sick and was sick then she complained of a very bad headache, the paramedic looked into her eyes and asked the driver to put the lights on and phoned ahead to let them know she was on her way. By the time we got to the hospital she very quite, we had to wait in the relatives room.
She went down for a CT scan which showed a bleed into her head, they sent them off to Kings hospital London, who said it was operable. A special fast response ambulance was called with a team, but whist they where getting her ready they checked her eyes and she was not responding she had another scan which again they sent to King's but by now there was nothing they could.The bleed had got bigger.
So the dr's at Pembury, removed all the drips she was on, and just left in a the tube down her throat so she could breath and oxygen. The rest of the family arrived around 9 o'clock and she moved to a private room, where her breathing was strong. We where told that she could go at any time but as she was breathing ok they thought it wasn't as quick as they first thought. So at 1 o'clock we decided that we would go home and Rob said he would phone in the morning, which he did and there was no change, he was on the way and at 10 o'clock he had a phone call and she passed away , she was not alone and in pain or distress, and when we saw her she looked very peaceful and young.
Unfortunately because it was an accident she has to have a post mortem and the death certificate released Mon/Tue.
I hope I have not gone into too much information, she must of had her headache for no longer than 10 mins.
That afternoon Ruth Mum & myself where on our way to lunch, mum had just had her eyes checked and ordered new glasses the 3 of us was walking side by side chatting and laughing, she was very disappointed that we where going to miss lunch. When she was in the ambulance before we left Dave the 1st paramedic, went in and gave her a big kiss, which she found very charming.
I still cannot believe it, it so unfair there was still so much she wonted to do, I bet she is giving Dad & Frank a hell of a time as she was not ready for it.
Take care with all my love
Rebecca xx
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