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oh my, how long does she have and can she come home ?
Talk to the nurses there (the RNs) and ask what her options are at home, with a caregiver, and call Hospice, they work wonders with the dying, and can provide every comfort possible so she can be at home in her own bed with her family instead of a strange place...it would probably (I am willing to bet) be exactly what she wants.
Hospice should be listed in the phone book, if not, the head RN should provide it for your area.
They only deal with this very sort of thing, AIDES patients in advanced stage of disease, terminal cancer patients.
They have experienced compassionate and straight to the point caregivers.
We talked to the hospice nurse. The oncologist danced around the issue of how long. All he would say is months, not how many.
What we ahve been taught is that doctors don't like to give exact estimates because it varies widely. Sometimes people go sooner than expected, and other times they last far longer. *hugs*
