A Remembrance Video of Mattie

Thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive!

Dear Mattie Blog Readers,

It means a great deal to me that you take the time to write and to share your thoughts, feelings, and reflections on Mattie's battle and death. Your messages are very meaningful and help support me through very challenging times. I am forever grateful. As my readers know, I promised to write the blog for a year after Mattie's death, which would mean that I could technically have stopped writing on September 9, 2010. However, like my journey with grief there is so much that still needs to be processed and fortunately I have a willing support network still committed to reading. Therefore, the blog continues on. If I should find the need to stop writing, I assure you I will give you advanced notice. In the mean time, thank you for reading, thank you for having the courage to share this journey with me, and most importantly thank you for keeping Mattie's memory alive.


As Mattie would say, Ooga Booga (meaning, I LOVE YOU)! Vicki



January 21, 2026

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

I am writing this posting from the emergency room. My dad has been dealing with diarrhea and vomiting for two days. This morning was a total nightmare, as he went in bed, in the shower and all over himself and the floor. It has been non stop clean up. This afternoon we added confusion to the mix and I whisked him to the ER. 

My area is headed for almost two feet of snow on Sunday, and given that my dad is recovering from a brain bleed (December’s admission) and heart disease, I couldn’t take any chances. I am in a total panic about the snow as I manage so much alone, I now have to worry about digging out, my parents’ health, stocking up food and supplies. It is so hard being the only intact adult on duty and of course that makes me sad and mad at the same time. 

My dad has had a ct of the head and abdomen, a chest X-ray, blood work and an EKG. Most of his imaging looks fine but I can see they are focused on his heart. So here I wait at 9:30pm waiting for next steps! 

3 comments:

Chris Bentley said...

My thoughts and prayers are with your precious family. Much love Vicki

Chris Bentley said...

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Victoria Sardi-Brown said...

As always Chris thank you for your virtual support and good wishes. It has been a very hard day, and not sure when things will improve as they sent me home with my dad at 1am. Please keep me in your thoughts. Thinking of you, Vicki