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| Notes for Matie Fae MOORE | ||||||||||||||||||
| See Special Story of Fae's going home to be in heaven. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| A Story Of Coming To God Fae fell down at home and broke her pelvis bone on Wednesday July 30th, 2003. At North Memorial Hospital she was given pain medication and on Friday, August 1, they conducted her dialysis to filter her blood, something she's done for many years 3 times a week. After the dialysis she drifted unconscious. On Saturday, Aug 2, she experienced resporatory arrest not breathing for some 9 minutes. The hospital then connected her to a breathing machine. Late Saturday morning all of the family members were contacted to come to Robbinsdale to see Fae before she most likely would be passing on to the Lord. Ross and Julie, who had been standing watch with Lenny since Wednesday were now joined by Jan & Jerry Saturday evening. By Monday, August 1, all of the immediate family members were present accept Lara who was flying in from San Francisco, CA that evening. Jeff had traveled from Chicago where he will be attending law school this fall. Katie traveled from Columbia, Missouri, where she will be a Junior in college this fall, pursuing a degree in Business and Spanish. Monday, August 4th, was the birthday of Jeff Lindsay and Duane Kuss. Present to see Fae that Monday morning were Duane Kuss, Daune & Arla Kuss, and Lori Jo Kuss Smith (who had been with the family in the hospital since Sunday evening). Immediate family members present that morning included Lenny, Janet and Jerry, Ross, Jeff and Katie. When Lori, Duane, Arla and Daune went into intensive care to visit Fae, she was connected to all the machines keeping her alive and her eyes were open and blinking. The nurse said was unconscious and her eyes were opening involuntarily as the result of some of the medication she was on. Each of the family members talked to Fae as though she was still conscious and aware. The room was filled with tears of love and warmth. The family was faced with a difficult decision. Fae's living will stated she did not want to be kept alive by machines. But for Ross, her Son, the decision to disconnect his mother from the life sustaining technology keeping her alive was even more difficult. As a teenager, Ross was in a terrible car accident with a number of his friends. He was in a coma for over a week but eventually came out of it. Ross still had hope that his mother too, would escape the grips of this situation and would regain consciousness to live another day. The family was to meet with the chief physician around noon that day. It was at this meeting the family decided to also consult the neurologist involved with Fae's case. The chief physician felt that because of the reperatory arrest Fae had experienced early Saturday morning, the damage Fae's brain would have experienced because of the lack of oxygen would be extensive. He felt there was no longer any chance of her recovery. Ross asked to visit with the neurologist. It was just after noon when Julie, Ross's wife, arrived at the hospital with their children Jon, Joel and Jackie. Julie had brought along hot dogs, chips, a birthday cake and even ice cream for the family. Although her intentions were to celebrate Jeff Lindsay's birthday, it was soon decided that Duane's birthday would also be a part of the celebration. Everyone had a hot dog and a piece of cake topped with some ice cream. The sign in the waiting room said a maximum of 2 family members could be present per patient. It was obvious that this day would be an acception to the rule. That afternoon the family visited with the neurologist about 2:00 pm. It was at that meeting, with everyone surrounding Fae that Lenny, Janet and Ross decided that Fae's wishes should be respected and they would remove her from the machines that were most likely keeping her alive. The doctor felt that even if Fae were to begin breathing on her own again, her state of consciousness and her faculties damaged to the point of zero capacity to understand or be understood. The family had been in contact with their pastor and it was agreed that he would conduct a prayer session with both the immediate family and the extended family there in Fae's room. Then after each family memberhad the chance to pay their final respects, Fae would be removed from the machines to determine her own destiny. It was about 2:45 pm that the nurses disconnected Fae from the machines. All of the family members were meanwhile gathered in the waiting room. The nurse entered the waiting room and offered the invitation for any family members who wanted to be there as Fae passed away could do so. She explained that Fae was having difficulty breathing and it would only be a matter of time until the inevitable end would occur. Initially, Jerry and Lenny went to be with Fae. Lenny could not bare the situation and returned to the waiting room. Eventually, it was Jerry, Julie and Duane who were with Fae when she passed on to the Lord at 3:10 pm on Monday, August 4th, 2003. The three of them held her hand and sang "When The Saints Go Marching In" and "Amazing Grace" during the final moments of Fae's life here on earth. After her death, Julie and the nurse dressed Fae in a special laced garment and covered her in special linens, a tradition of North Momorial Hospital. After Fae and the room was prepared, all of the family members were invited back to see Fae, now that her struggles and tribulations were over. The family members all cried, hugged and kissed one another. Matie Fae Moore Ohman had now passed on to the life enternal. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 6/16/2001 Fae talked about how tough it had been over the past year to move out of their home on Shingle Creek Drive in Osseo, MN. They now are in a condo/appartment like complex. Lenny had designed and general contracted their house that they had lived in for well over 40 years. Fae also talked about how life for her now was reading, television and dialysis. She spends 3 days a week being hooked up to a machine that filters her blood. She's been doing this now for the past 5- 10 years. Katie, her grand daughter and Ryan Kuss, Duane's son, both graduated this spring. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified 8 Aug 2003 | Created 8 May 2006 by Reunion for Macintosh |