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Hi, Tig.

It's your mommy.

I hope you're feeling better.

Give me a call, and I'll be happy.

I was in so much pain.

The doctor said my insides

were inflamed beyond recognition.

And he didn't know what was wrong.

She just was so sick.

You know, when someone doesn't complain

and you really see pain on their face,

it's a lot scarier.

After, like, a week,

it wasn't going away.

And I thought, like,

she might not make it.

The doctor said,

"We're gonna test you

for this thing called C. Diff,

and we hope it's not that."

But it was.

C. Diff is a bacteria that will just

take over your entire digestive tract

and eat it alive.

I couldn't eat food.

I lost over 20 pounds.

I had become a skeleton.

The day she got into a chair,

that was a big moment.

Sweetie, who got themselves

into a chair all by themselves?

- I did.

- That's right, you did.

It was us being, like, excited

that she was able to get up

and sit in a chair.

I got out of the hospital

a week before my 41st birthday.

I was thrilled to be out of the hospital.

But I was still in a lot of pain.

I was very weak.

When I was diagnosed with C. Diff,

I thought it was...

It was the worst possible news...

up until that point.

I had no idea what was to come.

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday, dear Fluff

Happy birthday to you

Ric and I wanna come out to California.

Happy birthday.

We wanna come out and visit.

I love you.

A couple days after my birthday,

my phone rang and it said, "Parents."

I missed the call again,

and it went to voicemail,

and I thought, "That's probably my mother

calling to wish me happy birthday again."

Hi, Tig.

I'm afraid I have some terrible news.

Your mother fell last night and, uh...

it looks like she's not gonna make it.

Please give me a call.

My mother and my stepfather

were watching Jimmy Kimmel,

and she got up and fell.

Hit her head.

My stepfather checked her head,

and she was talking and seemingly okay.

He decided to go to bed,

and she stayed up.

In the morning,

Ric saw that she had blood

coming from her nose and mouth.

She was never... never conscious again.

My brother, Ric and I went to the hospital

to say our goodbyes.

She lived 12 hours off of life support,

and it was really horrendous.

My brother and stepfather

ended up going home,

and I was just there by myself.

They said there was zero brain activity,

and I believed that,

but I made up in my mind

that she knew I was there.

I just...

really...

wanted her to know that I was there.

And that there was no way

I was gonna leave.

After the funeral,

I was too sick to go back to Los Angeles,

and so I just stayed in Texas.

This is the house where she fell.

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