10/01/2026
As many of you know, I was able to go see my Mama for a week and a bit. My son Liam and husband Derek went with me. We (Derek) drove straight through only stopping for a few hrs to sleep in the car on a 25 hr trip. We got home Sunday after stopping 2 days along the way to stay with my in-laws. A day of rest, and 2 slow days of having the bakery open again, only to find out last night mom is back in the hospital with more complications and I’m wishing I had just stayed. The procedure she had done before in Sudbury stopped fluid from pouring into her lungs, but now it’s amassing in the rest of her body. She is on diuretics to try and remove some fluid again as her breathing was getting worse again. She had been on 6 L oxygen per hour at home, they raised it to 10 at the hospital to help her breathing, I think it’s lowered back to 6 again now. She also has a blood clot on her liver now. When I left her a week ago, the plan was to go back in December assuming she was stable until then. I thought I would have time to run the bakery and get back on track financially again. Maybe fundraise some more before I had to shut down and leave again. And now I’m waiting to find out if I need to fly back out this weekend. So please share the heck out of this fundraiser as I’m terrified of not being able to pay bills, but more terrified that I will regret not going back to be with her. I was supposed to have more time with her! And now I’m back in Nova Scotia wishing I had just stayed by her side. I have enough air miles to cover most of my flight back, so I’m not worried about getting there. Thank you to everyone that has donated so far, it helped pay the bills for me to close the bakery for 2 weeks while we were gone. It was such a relief to come home and know we were starting fresh at 0, and not bank account in the red.
Hi, my name is Jen Williams. Many of you will know me since my moving t… Jennifer Williams needs your support for Help me make more good memories with my mom!
