My MIL died suddenly yesterday morning

I am so sorry for your loss.  Your MIL sounds like she was an amazing person and will be greatly missed by all of you.  It was a blessing for her to pass in her sleep, I assume painlessly.  I have always heard that when an elderly person falls and breaks a hip, they are usually gone within a year.  I don’t know if it is because the recovery is so difficult or what the reason is, but that seems to be the case with so many hip injuries.  My mom had mentioned that when I was a teen and she was working in a hospital.

Then my mother fell and broke her hip when my sister had her out jogging on the beach.  Mom was in her late 90s at the time and had no business being out jogging on the beach in my opinion!  She was still sharp, don’t get me wrong, but her physical agility had gone down hill from the time she turned 80 or so.  She just didn’t have the balance she used to have.  She had had a brain tumor that encompassed the components in one of her ears so they had to remove everything, leaving her without hearing on one side and, of course, changing her equilibrium.  That alone should have told my sister not to make her go jogging on the beach. My sister’s reasoning?  She had booked a stay in Big Sur and didn’t want Mom holding her back from walking around and seeing everything.  She said she needed her to build endurance.  At 97 years old?  And we had a wheelchair that had been my father’s that my sister could have put Mom in.

Mom did make it past the one year mark, but died a couple of months after that.  Watching her suffering as she went through the recovery from that broken hip was just heartbreaking.  I hope this doesn’t sound insensitive, but it really is a blessing that your MIL didn’t have to deal with the enormous amount of pain and discomfort of healing from a broken hip.  My mom was a tough woman and had successfully healed from a broken leg in her late 80s.  But the broken hip was more pain and a much more difficult recovery.  She told me more than once that the leg recovery was a piece of cake compared to the hip.  And she warned me to be extra careful as I got older to never have a fall that breaks my own hip.

Again, I am very sorry for your loss.

My thoughts and prayers to you and your family. I am so sorry about your MIL.

I’m so sorry. Your story made me cry. Warm wishes to you, your husband, and all the family.

So sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry for your loss. I was remembering her joy when you came to the US to bring home your BIL and I'm so glad you were able to give her that closure before her death.

I'm so sorry for your loss and that of your entire DH's family. Give him a hug from your Pea friends.

I am so sorry for you and her family.

My condolences to you and all who loved her.

Hugs to you all. I'm so sorry for your loss, and at such a difficult time, too.

I am so sorry for your and your dh’s loss. 😓

May her memory be a blessing. 

Sorry for your loss.

She must have been a lovely person. I am so sorry for your loss.

I am so sorry. She sounded like a special lady. May your memories give you comfort.