Hello all,
The hospice nurse increased the amount of pain medication Mom is taking from ALOT to ALOT MORE. She is also now taking an anti-anxiety pill, and the combination has created a sleepy, dreaming, hallucinating, twitching, and relatively peaceful and painless Mom.
This morning she insisted on brushing her teeth, so Kim and I helped her in the bathroom while she nodded off and on. She has been determined to take care of herself and not "miss anything" for her entire journey with this cancer. Today was the first day she slept downstairs and the first day she didn't take a shower. Mom commented that the house felt like a cookoo farm. We dressed her in a Hawaiian print dress and she is now sleeping on the hospital bed overlooking the birdfeeder.
One of Doug's cousin's shared this passage with me and I'd like to pass it along:
2 Corinthians 4: 14-18
Therefore we do not lose heart, though our outer man is decaying, our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal- but the things which are not seen are eternal.
3 comments:
Katie
2 Corinthians 4: 14-18 is a beautiful passage. Give your Mom a hug from me and I send my strength and support to all of you.
Marge Walsh
That is a beautiful passage...hold on to your faith-enjoy every second-and cry when you need to.
When my mother had her pain meds /anti-anxiety increased she also had hallucinations- and she was not totally sure of what exactly was happening. One evening, it started snowing and mom wanted to hear Christmas music by Gene Autry (a favorite of ours every year since I can remember)- and she thought it was Christmas. Strange at the time (it was well after Christmas)---but now I look back and it was beautiful.
I am sending you all lots of warm thoughts, prayers, and HUGS.
Sending all our love and strength.
While you rest, angels will step in and restore serenity.
Kathryn Schein
Post a Comment