Today marks three months since I lost my beloved Mae Lyne. I promised that I would post the cause of death when I found out. I debated with myself about posting it in the memorial thread; but in the end I decided to post it here in the Lounge.
We finally got the complete medical examiner's report (coroner's report). Mae Lyne died of kidney failure. Her kidneys were failing, which we did not know. Her other symptoms masked the signs of kidney failure. Her kidneys were not properly filtering her meds and the resulting medical cocktail building in her system simply put her to sleep and into death. It was painless. Because her kidneys were not filtering properly her medication levels were too high across the board. Had this been detected, the doctors would have reduced her dosages accordingly.
The doc's monitored her liver because her seizure medication is a known cause of liver damage. Her liver showed some damage, but nothing lethal or even serious. Two of her meds are also know to be hard on the kidneys as they contain Tylenol. This is most likely what caused the damage. The Medical Examiner told us that had she lived, she would have had to go on dialysis for the rest of her life - something that she would probably have refused to do.
God was merciful to her and spared her a further loss of the quality of life and a painful, slow death. He spared me the agony of watching her suffer. As much as I miss her, I am so thankful God took her home and healed her completely. I certainly did not want her to suffer. She also had some other problems that she and I were unaware of that contributed to her decline. I still miss her every single day; but I am healing and looking forward to the future.
When I can't sponge off of family, I will camp. 
