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[Mtn Margie]

I got lucky at a party last night....
I won this!

 

[Sally PB]

I won this!

Very nice!

 

[Sally PB]

My neighbor, who had a heart attack on Dec. 6th, came home from the hospital today.

 

[bobbi-j]

Good morning Cafe and thanks for the coffee.

Sis and I are going to see DH today. She is going to give me her opinion about starting hospice now or waiting a bit. He qualifies because of the severe AD and (the now untreated) stage 3 unfavorable prostate cancer. We stopped treatment this summer.

The pros of starting hospice:

• the nursing home will be accountable for all they are doing (or not doing) because the hospice team will be all over them.
• aides from the hospice team will come in multiple times a week to help bathe him and assist with his care.
• he will receive comfort care from the doctors/nurses of the hospice team regardless of the doctor's orders at the nursing home.

Cons of starting hospice:

• if DH gets an infection again, he will not be sent to the hospital.
• He will not have IV's started for any reason.
• Only oral medication will be administered so if he gets an infection, an oral antibiotic is all that can be used, which may or may not work.

Sis (and the palliative care team lead) explained to me that nearly all AD victims ultimately succumb to infection and the number one infection that takes them is aspiration pneumonia. DH has (had) pneumonia but not aspiration and only in the lower right lung. It's gone now that he's been on antibiotics (IV drip). Both palliative and hospice care provide comfort care. The whole point to it keep a person as comfortable as possible as nature takes it's course.

I'm just so torn as to what to do. DH has drastically declined but my heart and mind keep clinging to the memory of who he WAS not who he IS. Sis is going to evaluate the situation as a skilled, experienced hospice nurse and help me through the decision making process. I need to do what is right for him, not me.

I am so glad for you that your sis can come, evaluate, and give you a clinical opinion and guidance. My thoughts and prayers are with you as you work through the decisions that need to be made.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I got lucky at a party last night....View attachment 3707495
I won this!

Very pretty!

 

[Ladies-Eight]

My neighbor, who had a heart attack on Dec. 6th, came home from the hospital today.

That's great.

Keep us posted on how she does.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Cafe good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Hubby is home nw.

Temperature is in the 50s and cloudy.

Have a great day!

 

[Packy]

Good morning, all coffee is ready and waiting it's a nice and 53 here much better today then yesterday.
Our friends dropped their chickens off. one has water belly the other can't walk so guess I'm a chicken day care with our babies.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe and thanks for the coffee.
The river shot up 5.5 ft in 6 hours.
My yard hasn't been this flooded in years. I'm sure some side tributaries have come over their banks but I haven't left the hill yet.

If this had been a snow event, we'd be buried.

 

[aart]

That rain that came up the east coast hit the cold front coming down from the northwest and made some snow here. Just enough to whiten the roofs but maybe up to 3-6" by tomorrow morning.