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Celebrating Life and Family

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We went home to Baton Rouge for Maw Maw's funeral and took the opportunity to see family. Our hearts were heavy, but I think it was good to be around smiles and so much love.  The kids spent time playing with their cousins Wyatt, Kenniann, Cline, and Macy. It was also our first time to play with Addison and Jack! We had dinner with Raylee, Haislee, and Charlee. Enjoyed seeing GG The funeral was in the small town of Norwood where Maw Maw grew up. It was rainy and a little cool. The service was all outdoor, so kept it pretty short.  Charlie and Sarah Graves played "Amazing Grace" on clarinet and flute as a way to honor Maw Maw. She really enjoyed going with them to music lessons and loved to hear them play.  Olivia started everyone off singing and we all joined in to sing the hymn.  The spray of flowers for the coffin was so pretty and I think she had a chuckle that the coffin was purchased at Costco. We went to the Presbyterian church for a reception and the room was packe
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A Farewell

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 On Tuesday, January 23, Maw Maw had an outpatient procedure to remove a stint and break up multiple kidney stone that caused a kidney infection in December. The procedure went as planned, but when she started to get dressed to go home, she was very weak and her blood pressure was extremely low. The nurse in the surgery center started to help her and mom was there very concerned.  As the evening went on, doctors worked to give her medication to raise her blood pressure and began to suspect that sepsis was the cause. Likely the infection was in her kidney and became stirred up during the procedure - urosepsis. Jeanne' and I joined mom at the hospital as we waited for the doctors to get her stable enough to move from the surgical center to ICU.  We couldn't see her until she finally arrived in ICU and although the situation was quite serious, we had hope that the four medications to raise her  blood pressure and the antibiotic would work and she would heal. We sat together with h
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Celebrating with Family

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The following day we had a fun celebration with family.  Since we still had cake, we opted to have a doughnut treat! Some jenga action while we waited to eat. She was excited to open this fun wall decor with her initials from Aunt Lexie! We had a lovely afternoon full of joy celebrating Sarah Graves. We had no way of knowing it would be our last time to all be together.  I am so grateful to have this picture with Maw Maw and her namesake. Definitely one to treasure.   
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