Hi Friends,
In my previous post entitled "A Difficult Year" I told you of the passing of my daughter Kim, from liver failure from the overuse of Tylenol due to a previous head injury and lots of headaches.
I learned a valuable lesson from this experience. We are having a hard time resolving Kim's affairs because she was single and kept everything online and paperless. Until things come in, we will do not know what we don't know. We went through her wallet to get bank cards and credit cards and tried to be as proactive as possible. We had
had great difficulty with the bank getting into her checking account although we had paperwork from the surrogate's office. We do not have any passwords and have been unable to get into her phone (we just want names and contacts because of course, most young people do not have address book) and photos.
The take away is if you have a single person in your life, someone needs to have passwords in case of a severe injury or worse. My friend's son was in a serious car accident and he was in a coma. She could not even pay his online bills that she knew of by contacting each company. It is a new world out there.
It is a difficult conversation to have, somewhat like a will, but please, you don't want to go through what we are going through. Preparation can save lots of headaches and heartache.
Thanks for all your support and kind words. The Colon Club has brought me so much comfort through my journey.
Hugs to All,
Kathy