Update -- "she is getting weaker"
When I wrote this in the original post, it was my honest impression (based on my understanding of what I was told) that she would not last more than a week or so...
It has now been over a month...
"I just wanted to say that I did not mean to portray anything that was not true."
I started the thread largely because the "downturn" seemed so sudden and "full-blown" ---
it was not that long before that I sat at their dinner table and ate lunch with them. In general day-to-day terms, she was O.K. then...
"Next thing I know, I am being told that she is 'going down fast'..."
'Thank You So Very Much' to all who have prayed - and continue to pray - for her well-being, comfort, etc...
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