A Day with Mom

Tuesday, 11/29
Mom and I sleep in a little, then enjoy our complimentary continental breakfast and hit the ground running. Hotel shuttle to the airport to rent a car for the day, back to the hospital to make sure all the Medicare details are squared away, then to the Yuma Mortuary for one last visit with Dad and to work out all the details of sending him home.

(Darren at Yuma Mortuary really made the process flow smoothly)
Dad was a “pine box” kind of a guy, but I don’t think he would have anticipated that because pine would actually be a special order this day in age, it would end up being more of a hassle and expense than he would want to deal with. So, we got a very simple square box coffin with Air Force blue material and silver handles (we actually liked it better!).
Then off to Mexico! I wanted to show Mom where we’d been the last 12 days, and since I’d made this trek a couple times, I felt confident we could make the drive by ourselves without any trouble. We did and she enjoyed meeting the staff that I’d grown so fond of at the hospital and then I took her to

the little café where I’d eaten on one of my walking excursions through San Luis – a field trip the staff insisted I take to get out of the room and give myself a break from our routine while Dad was in treatment.(I'll post those excursion pics later) Then back across the border for another Arby’s dinner, to bed and up to the airport Wednesday morning to Home Sweet TX Home!