On October 7th they took Barbara to the doctor because she had a bad cough and they were worried about Covid. Juliene said they were horrible and said she didn't have pneumonia and they didn't even test her for Covid until they asked them to. They finally sent her home and said she wasn't mourning properly. Saturday the 10th they took her back to the doctor and they found out that they had left a message on the phone that she did test positive for Covid but they never got the message. This time they said she had double lung pneumonia and needed to admit her to the hospital in Boise. And of course, no one could be with her because of Covid. Because her oxygen dropped so low they had to put her on a ventilator. She was on it for a couple of days and then they were able to take her off. 
All her kids, siblings, and mom and dad were able to have a zoom conference call with her. Her speech was very labored but she seemed like she was doing better. She would even tease her brother about having a better hair cut than him and she saluted everyone goodbye. I think everyone was hopeful that she was going to be able to pull through. Then Sunday the 18th the doctor told her she was going to have to go back on the ventilator. She told the doctor she didn't want to and wanted to go home. The doctor said she wouldn't make the trip home her lungs were in such bad shape. (Reid almost decided to stay another week but they figured they need to go home to check on work and everything.) The doctor approved for Wade and Stoney to be with her when she died. They were able to have another zoom call with all her kids and siblings and mom and dad so they could all say their last goodbyes. Wade and Stoney were able to stay with her over the night and she seemed to do better with them there. Makes you wonder if someone was with her all along if she wouldn't have done better overall. They let her have some banana popsicles and she even asked for an omelet but I'm not sure if they let her go that far.
Rosie had a little therapy punching out bread dough for some cinnamon rolls that we took over to Weston & Lori's house where all the kids were staying together. We just can't believe how much this seems so much like Uncle Vaughn's passing. Rosie and I had a nice visit with everyone and I told Juliene I wasn't working Monday and could help in any way I could. She said I remember you saying those exact words exactly three weeks ago...so surreal.
She surprisingly made it through the night so the doctor finally agreed to let them take her home. Wade was with her in the ambulance (with Stoney following them) and somewhere around the Garrity exit in Nampa she passed away. They were almost home when the Idaho Coronor called them and said they needed to go back to Idaho to have them pronounce her dead since she died in Idaho. Talk about a nightmare. Wade said he looked at his watch when she took her last breathe and it was the exact same time that his dad passed exactly three weeks ago at 11:22 am. They finally got her home around 1 or 2. Rosie and I went with mom and dad to go see her and all the kids. Logan's wife Emily has been struggling with Covid and pneumonia too so they weren't there. She also has been in the hospital which has been so scary since her baby is due any day. I can't imagine all that Logan is going through...it's so sad his baby girl won't know his parents, in this life anyway. I was able to get a few tender pictures of Juliene and her mom's hands and then some of Weston's family with her.
This fun backyard and home will never be the same without Uncle Vaughn and Aunt Barbara...
I took a picture of her fridge...It meant a lot to us that she had so many pictures of all of us.
Looks like I'm going to be doing another slideshow! :(
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