The Cats Do Know!

Last night, as Mom was beginning to transition, Shiro was sleeping at her feet but Xander & Chibi were no where to be found. When Mom died, Shiro did nothing but sleep. So we thought there was nothing to the saying about animals knowing when people will die. About half an hour after the Hosoi Mortuary people took Mom out of the house, and just after I had gone in to my room to sleep, we heard Shiro calling for Mom. He was lying on the bed waiting for her; it's the same call that he uses when he is calling for Momo.


In hindsight, some of the things that we were seeing were signals that Mom was getting ready to transition. For example, the Wednesday night/Thursday morning period where Kai was helping Mom use the commode every 20 to 25 minutes was the sign that her kidneys were beginning to shut down. Then early Saturday morning, when the catheter was inserted the urine was a dark tea color, another sign of kidney failure. For the remainder of Saturday she produced hardly any urine and all that she did produce was dark colored.

I finally had time to fix the leaky toilet today. Twice. I did not do a good job the first time of making sure there was no debris under the base of the unit so it leaked. I took it apart again and cleaned it very well. It worked well the second time.


I picked up a Linda avocado from Kokua Market.  It starts out green and turns to purple as it ripens. The seed is not overly large either.


Now that Mom has passed,we have a really big job ahead of us. The last afternoon, Mom said not to throw any of her clothes out unless we have checked all the pockets (for money). Below is half of the closet space in my room. There are 5 more halves of closets that look similar to this photo.

Curtis, Lori, Brent, & Shaun brought dinner over tonight. Lori made meatloaf, pasta salad, and kalua pig with cabbage. Brent made fried rice and Shaun made pork larb. I made a tossed salad but forgot to take a photo.

Happy Birthday to Brian, Todd, & Jose!