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Barbara Bennett

Location: Ottawa, IL
Age: 62
Cared for by: Mary Nieto
Years of Care: 20
My mother had so many things wrong with her. She had cancer and she was a diabetic. She had 5 strokes in her lifetime. She died in March 2001. I had to take care of her until she got hospitalized. I had to make sure that she took her medicine and to make sure she would walk a little each day. I would play different games with her to keep her going. I do not have any pictures on my computer but I have album book full of them.
Related topics:
Cancer Diabetes Stroke

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