San Angelo Information

Hello All:

Just to clarify yesterday's posting, after speaking with the church in San Angelo, the casket will be open for viewing until the mass begins at 2:00 on Thursday at the church.  They have another funeral scheduled at 10:00 which should be finished by 11:30 so Mom will be in the church after that for any of you that wish to see her. 

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.

Diane

Update for funeral arrangements

The funeral will be in San Angelo on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at Holy Angels Catholic Church. 

Thanks again to you all.

The family of Phyllis Walters

Arrangements

We have made some arrangements:  Visitation will be in Weatherford on Tuesday, Feb 8, at Galbreaith Pickard Funeral home from 6:00 to 8:00. 

Funeral services are PENDING confirmation at Holy Angel's Catholic Church in San Angelo at 5:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 10.  This is subject to change so please check back.  I will post a confirmation tomorrow. 

Thanks to you all.

2/6/2011

And today heaven has gained an angel.  Our precious Mother went to be with her family and friends who have preceded her in death.  She passed away at 8:12 am this morning surround by her loved ones.

Our hearts are heavy and our tears are flowing like rivers but we take great joy in knowing that our Mother is no longer suffering.  We have all prayed for our Mother to suffer no longer and those prayers have been answered.

Thanks to the many of you that have prayed with us as well.  She had a very loving heart and I know all of you who knew her are with her now and always.

I will post once more regarding arrangements.  Tentatively we will have a visitation in Weatherford, Texas and then a funeral service in San Angelo.  I will let you know after we firmed up the arrangements.

From the family of our beloved Phyllis Walters

2/5/2011

Hello All:

Will keep this brief for now.  It seems like the good Lord has decided it needs a new and very special angel and he needs her pretty quick.  We have hospice with us now and they have let us know that she has only between one and three days left.  This was yesterday and she is failing pretty fast.

Please keep her and our family in your prayers as we prepare for this journey.  We are heartbroken but gain strength from knowing how very much she is loved not just by us but by all her wonderful friends and acquaintances.

I will post once more when "He" comes calling.

God Bless You All.

Boats, Steve, Ken, Diane and Shari.

1/31/2011

Well everyone, this has been a very quick month.  It was less than a month ago that we received the news about Mom's cancer returning and now with a heavy heart I must report that she has decided to stop any further treatments.  We went for a visit with the Dr. today and he thinks she has pulmonary embolisms that are going to cause her some blood clots which could be very bad news as well.  Our only option was to go to emergency room, enter the hospital and run that whole gamut again then TRY to start chemo tomorrow but,  Mom has had enough of it.  She is way too weak, hasn't eaten much but for a couple of pieces of toast and some hot cereal in 7 days.  She is also having trouble breathing, has to stop between her kitchen and bedroom just to rest because of it.

As you can imagine our entire family is so distraught over this but we are also glad that she won't be going through anymore exploratory testing and diagnostics.  We don't want her to suffer any longer.  For those of you who have been blessed to know her I want you to remember that she carries you all in her heart.  And if you have a story to tell of your experience(s) with her please don't hesitate to send it to us.  She really enjoys talking about the "old days" and we plan on cherishing every last second with her listening and talking.

Hospice will be here today to talk with us and I will keep the blog up with updates on her condition.  Bless you all for being a part of her life, she cherishes you all.

You can post here on the blog or contact me (Diane) at dianekay2000@aol.com or Shari at slwestbrook@charter.net.

PS:  I know you all are concerned about Paps (Boats) he did not want to accept this but has now and is obviously very sad.  His health is holding steady right now and I will keep you posted on him as well.

Thank you as always.

1/29/2011

Sorry for the delay in updating.  On Monday we went for blood counts at oncologist and they admitted Mom to hospital for obstruction in her bowel.  Her stomach was very distended and she was extremely uncomfortable.  After dealing with the "Keystone Cop" mentality associated with the Weatherford Regional Hospital they did a series of lower GI x-rays yesterday that were not only diagnostic but theraputic and she finally had some relief.  She is very weak and anemic.  They had her on an NG tube for 48 hours so once again she could not eat anything.  That's another issue with all this is that the battery of tests she has to have done all require no eating so that's not helping her nutrition issues.  We are on our way to get hair done "yeah"!! They gave her an iron treatment at the hospital that we are hoping gives her more energy. 

We go back to Dr. on Monday for what is supposed to be her next chemo treatment.  The Dr. will do bloodwork and evaluate the situation before we know if this will actually happen that day or not. 

Thanks to everyone as always for your support.