SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS as time goes by.. Grief is tiring and it is up and down. I have had a busy two weeks since Connie passed, what with arranging estate stuff for Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Our Journey
The Dementia Journey continues, but alone and with new experiences
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THE DEMENTIA JOURNEY has ended, in a physical sense, but in a literal sense I don’t know that it ever will. It will stay with me in my mind. It may fade Continue Reading →
If “I love you” was her good-bye, I will take it and treasure it
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“MAYBE THREE days,” the hospice nurse said. Connie’s vitals have started to drop and her breathing is changing. She has not eaten anything for three days and in the days before Continue Reading →
“Lingering” – A word I don’t much like right now as we wait for Death to come
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LINGERING: To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually. It is a word I have come to hate as I sit by Connie’s bed Continue Reading →
We knew the end would come and good-byes would have to be said, permission to go given but that doesn’t make it easy
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Our hospice nurses have told us Connie is transitioning and the end most likely is near and good-byes are so, so hard DO YOU WANT to stay, I asked Connie last Continue Reading →
I know. It sounds horrible. But waiting for someone to die is really tiring
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For caregivers the waiting for what you know is coming, while not wanting it to come, can drain the life from you WAITING FOR someone to die is so damned exhausting. Continue Reading →
One more thing on end-of-life directives…
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There is a difference between your in-hospital “do not resuscitate” order and the one in your general Advanced Directive THE OTHER DAY I wrote about a lot of end-of-life things you Continue Reading →
When it comes time to decide when care stops, it comes down to who is designated to make that decision
When you create an advanced directive the conversations that lead to it can be just as important as what is in the document. Take time to talk! I FILLED OUT an Continue Reading →
When you know death is coming, think about those who will be left behind and how to make it easier on them..
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I spent some time recently putting together everything my children will need to know to wrap things up when I am gone. Something for everyone to think about… CALLING HOSPICE for Continue Reading →
Another step toward what we know is coming…
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We made the decision this past week to bring in hospice for Connie THE DAY CAME….and we called in Hospice for Connie this past week. The staff at our care Continue Reading →