Anne Muriel White 1939-2020
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:44 pm
You may find this hard to believe , those who know me well , but I must report that "Chalky's" wife and Karen dear Mum passed away whilst we were at the hospital bedside today .
She was being treated for COPD and had been living with us since her return from Portugal a few years ago .
She was admitted to Addenbrooks in Cambridge last week after calling out the ambulance one night during a bad bout of coughing and admitted to reparatory care for observation .
We were advised that her health was deteriorating rapidly today and advised to go in despite covid blanket ban on visitors .
After two hours plus being her usual busy self and instructing the staff what to do [ she was after all a district Nurse in Brighton prior to moving to Portugal ] and gave the appearance of recovering back to her usual status , then as we were departing the palliative care Nurse advised further treatment which eased her distress and anxiety considerably and as we were about to leave she drifted away from us and was gone .
It seems to be a family trait whereby they were both from a broken mould and unique in character , and she will be sadly missed and I suspect she is back in Portugal sorting her former husband out and anyone that crossed her path ........she has left a void Certainly here and in the Algarve where she soaked up the sun 24/7 ........and smoked like a chimney whenever she could .......but that was how she wished to conduct her life........................... and who are we to sit in judgment of such a spirited lady
RIP Anne xxxx
She was being treated for COPD and had been living with us since her return from Portugal a few years ago .
She was admitted to Addenbrooks in Cambridge last week after calling out the ambulance one night during a bad bout of coughing and admitted to reparatory care for observation .
We were advised that her health was deteriorating rapidly today and advised to go in despite covid blanket ban on visitors .
After two hours plus being her usual busy self and instructing the staff what to do [ she was after all a district Nurse in Brighton prior to moving to Portugal ] and gave the appearance of recovering back to her usual status , then as we were departing the palliative care Nurse advised further treatment which eased her distress and anxiety considerably and as we were about to leave she drifted away from us and was gone .
It seems to be a family trait whereby they were both from a broken mould and unique in character , and she will be sadly missed and I suspect she is back in Portugal sorting her former husband out and anyone that crossed her path ........she has left a void Certainly here and in the Algarve where she soaked up the sun 24/7 ........and smoked like a chimney whenever she could .......but that was how she wished to conduct her life........................... and who are we to sit in judgment of such a spirited lady
RIP Anne xxxx