Grandma Mona had been living in Bullhead City Arizona. Steph and Lester were actually planning to go see her a couple months after Dad's death, when we got the news from Greg that she was in the hospital. She had been having trouble breathing and they had sent her home with home oxygen, but she continued to have issues and she ended back up in the Las Vegas Hospital. This is where they tested her and found out that she in fact had Covid and probably the Delta variant which is the scary one currently. We were all worried about her because her health wasn't very good to begin with and this would be a tough road. As the days went by, Greg stayed in Vegas to be close, but unfortunately not with her due to Covid visitor restrictions. Greg really missed Dad at this point because he totally would have been there handling things. Instead, it was Greg trying to handle things on his own which is tough when it is your mom, and she is sick, and you are far from home. Eventually, she got put on the ventilator to assist with her breathing. Covid is brutal on your lungs and if get put on the vent the likelihood that you will come off of the vent is not good. Grandma Mona passed away on July 18.
She will now be with Grandpa Larry and Dad again. It is so hard to lose another person so soon! I will forever remember the summers that they let all of us cousins come stay at the same time and would take us to Tia Zia to eat and the Corner Bar to get ice cream. Grandma liked to sleep in, but she would wake up early to make dozens of pancakes for us. We played Annie, Annie I Over for hours with a tennis ball tossed over the garage roof. You tried to teach us how to play badminton, but we were hopeless. I know that I was lucky to have you as long as I did but saying goodbye is never easy.
Love Ya
Grandma Mona
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