Labor Day Weekend 2001

Labor Day Weekend 2001

On Saturday morning, September 1, I left with my parents and Grandma Muffet to Grandma's hometown, Louisville, KY.  We arrived there later in the day and went to the motel.  We met Mom's cousin Ricky there, who had his mother (Grandma's sister) Liz in the car.  We went to Big Boy's, where we met the rest of the family.  Aunt Liz's daughter Donna, her husband Chuck, son David and Rick's wife Marilyn were all there.  Rick's son Brian, a student at the University of Louisville worked there part time.  After eating dinner, we went to Donna's house and spent some time there.  She showed us around her house.  After that we went to Rick's house and he showed us his sports room.  He was a huge Yankees and Kentucky b-ball fan. 

We went back to the hotel and the next morning we left to go to the Louisville Sluggers Museum with Rick and Brian.  After that we went back to Big Boy's, so Grandma and Aunt Liz could say bye to each other before leaving for Barberton.  We figured that this would be the last time they saw each other since Aunt Liz was beginning to get Alzheimer's and obviously the distance.  We went back to Ohio and stopped at Wendy's to buy Grandma her beloved salad.  When we pulled in the driveway at the house, Grandma didn't get out of the backseat of our newly purchased '98 Lumina (which we still have).  She was still talking, so we figured we figured she was fine and called the paramedic to carry her in the house, which seemed ok to them as well.  After not getting up all night, we called them again in the morning.  She went to Barberton Hospital where we learned she had a stroke.  

Aunt Kathy, Krissy, Nikki, Mom, and I went to the hospital and stayed there a while when we learned that the stroke left Grandma in a coma.  We were not sure if she was going to make it.  Grandma Maybin and Susie (Uncle Tom’s mom and sister) came to the hospital later.  Grandma Maybin was a retired nurse and knew things were bleak when she first saw Grandma Muffet.  Susie invited Krissy, Nikki, and I to lunch at Wendy’s, where we could relax.  They asked me about my new job at Acme, whose parking lot was next to the Wendy’s  Krissy had to go back to Cincinnati the next day for her new job at Proctor and Gamble.  She was scheduled to go on a business trip to Kansas City the morning of Sept. 11.

She began to improve the next several weeks and hoped that she would make a full recovery.  That never happened and she became worst in May 2004.  Grandma Lillian Muffet died on August 2, 2004 at the age of 79.  Great-Aunt Elizabeth Logsdon died at age 91 in December 2007.