Robin's soul released!

After several very quiet days in bed, Robin began to breathe more heavily around 10pm last night. Her respirations eventually increased to about twenty-six per minute. The heavy breathing seemed like a huge effort for someone who had been so still lately.

Me, my Dad, my sister Kim and brother Jonathan sat by her side. Each person held and rubbed a hand or a foot. As we have been doing, we continued to express our love and encouragement, and we continued to let her know it's OK to go when she was ready.

After what must have been about an hour Robin suddenly sat up slightly, looked at us and then lay her head back down and took one last deep breath. Then she was gone.

As she left her body it achieved a state of relaxation that Robin hasn't had in months.

We're happy for her soul to have been released from this world so she could finally let go of the challenges and the pain she'd been experiencing since last Summer.

What a relief *for Robin* to finally be free!