7D

God, I was not ready for that news. I have known it in my heart for a long time but to hear it said out loud was crushing. Mom has been evaluated by hospice and declared a level 7d of Alzheimer's. This is out of stages 1-7, levels a-e. There is only one level to go. Is it bad for me to pray she never gets there? Is it wrong to hope that before the level where she is all but a vegetable, she will find herself safe in the arms of Jesus, free of pain, healed? That is what I want for her-relief and release. She still knows us, can still smile, can still communicate a bit. I can't imagine more of her being gone. Please, no more levels.