Ivy

I went in to see Ivy at 5.30 pm today.

Expected her to be asleep in bed as she usually is now.
But she was awake, lying in bed.
Didn’t want to chat, just wanted me to let her die right now.
Her words.

It’s heartbreaking, she is so ready to go.

Few minutes later she sat up in bed and wanted to stand up.
Wonderful carer came and got her on her feet and walked her to the dining room for dinner.
They will put her in a wheelchair , but Ivy still wants to walk!

Ivy insisted she didn’t want to eat or drink anything.
As soon as a bowl of soup came she gulped it down!
Spooning it herself, no help wanted.
Then she drank a glass of juice.

She wasn’t interested in my company by then.
I said goodbye and told her she was a very special woman.