I’m so sorry, kaiwick. You and your family are in my thoughts. I’m wishing all of you peace, comfort and healing.
Peace and strength to you all, Wendy. I am so glad that this world has let Babe go, this was no place for her anymore.
Debbie
kai, peaceful and easy are the best wishes you can send Babe now.
I think about you and your family a lot, you’ll be in my prayers again.
{{{kai}}}
Thank you all, truly, your support means so much to me.
{{kai}}
there are no words. Peace to you and yours.
Sending hugs and prayers and good vibes to you and your family. I hope you are able to find some peace.
{{{kai}}} You, you husband, in-laws, Babe’s other sibs, and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Just know that Babe is now at peace.
may you all find strength and peace.
may her memory be eternal.
Her flesh finally went to meet her soul. I hope you and your family can find some peace with this. What a horrible horrible tragedy that didn’t have to happen. You are in my thoughts.
May you all find Peace.
Death is also a gift from God. I cannot imagine the horror that your family has been through for the past four years, and I can only imagine their pain at Babe’s passing. Babe is now beyond all earthly pain and cares and is with the Infinite. The grief will be great because the pain was great. The family will survive and remember and honor Babe’s life and while the pain will never go away completely, it will lessen over time.
Goodnight, Babe. Have sweet sleep.
My thanks again for your supporting words, it means a lot to me, and I am going to have my husband read these kind words of comfort. I thought that I had let her go a long time ago, but I find now that the grief is fresh again. I feel the overwhelming weight of the time which has passed between her dying and her body’s final death. I take great comfort in you, my Doper friends, it’s so good to be able to step out of my rl and lean on you, who are without the emotional grief of my rl. My husband just finished reading your posts, and he asked me to express his thanks for the kind words.
i remember an interview with karen quinlan’s mother. she said when they took her off the machines, she thought she had prepared herself for karen’s passing.
years later when karen did pass, she was very surprised to find she wasn’t prepared at all.
she had many years of caring for karen, bathing her, brushing her hair, speaking to her; all without any reaction from karen.
she just wasn’t (and i don’t think anyone ever is) for the finality of it. the last time she would brush her hair, or be able to touch her when you talk to her, to see her.
that is what y’all are dealing with now. the finality of it, of not having physical contact.
it is a completely different world of grief, and all of you will deal with it in your own ways.
be gentle with each other, it is a difficult time for all concerned and each will have their own ways and time to come to terms with just how very final it is.
I’m very sorry, kai.
That’s a sad story kai. It’s a somewhat trite thing to say, but there is some closure now, and healing can begin. Take care,
Struan
{{{kai and family}}}
{{{Kai}}} 
The minute you and your husband made the decision to stand and deal with this extremely stressful, dark and unpleasant life experience, you became better people.
A star shines in heaven tonight and every night as Babe’s thankfulness for your attendence and love to her when she could not attend to herself.
Peace.
Joan