My Mom has reached the point in her life where modern medicine is no longer helpful. The aging process has accelerated, and if she has informed us that if another stroke or heart episode occurs, they will NOT call EMS, nor take any action. This was hard to hear. I am glad I was able to make the trip to see her and Dad in April. But the past month I have experienced something I did not know existed; anticapatory grief. It's a thing. Not a fun thing. But maybe, just maybe it will be a healthy thing for me. There won't be any service or goodbye as they both donated their bodies to science. So this is how I am dealing with it. I will see her on the other side.