Rustysmom
DIS Veteran
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- Aug 7, 2004
I just wanted to update again. Mom is at my house now. We knew she had to come here when she took a turn for the worse yesterday. She stopped eating and drinking and was very confused and in a lot of pain.
After going nuts on the hospice people, who didn't really seem to care, they are going to increase her aide in the morning from 9-5 and then send a nurse every night from 8-8am, until her pain is able to be controlled. At first they told me that she didn't qualify, until I let them have it and then they saw how much pain she was in. Even after morphine, she was moaning that her back hurt and her whole body hurt. She was taking the oxycodone every 3 hours, and then started taking the oxycontin instead every 12 hours, but it wasn't enough. Today I had to give her morphine every hour and she still had pain. They just sent more meds so now she'll take oxycontin every 12 hours, oxycodone every 3 hours, and the morphine as needed.
I think this may be the end though, because all she ate was a small thing of applesauce all day and hardly any water. She's weak and shaking and constantly crying out in pain. It's breaking my heart. She had to leave her beloved cat Penny behind at her house and she told Penny "I'm sorry Penny". That really broke my heart because she knows she'll never see Penny again. When she was in the hospital, all she talked about was how she wanted to go home to see and take care of Penny. It's been a bad, bad day today and I'm a wreck. I don't know how much more of this we can take.
After going nuts on the hospice people, who didn't really seem to care, they are going to increase her aide in the morning from 9-5 and then send a nurse every night from 8-8am, until her pain is able to be controlled. At first they told me that she didn't qualify, until I let them have it and then they saw how much pain she was in. Even after morphine, she was moaning that her back hurt and her whole body hurt. She was taking the oxycodone every 3 hours, and then started taking the oxycontin instead every 12 hours, but it wasn't enough. Today I had to give her morphine every hour and she still had pain. They just sent more meds so now she'll take oxycontin every 12 hours, oxycodone every 3 hours, and the morphine as needed.
I think this may be the end though, because all she ate was a small thing of applesauce all day and hardly any water. She's weak and shaking and constantly crying out in pain. It's breaking my heart. She had to leave her beloved cat Penny behind at her house and she told Penny "I'm sorry Penny". That really broke my heart because she knows she'll never see Penny again. When she was in the hospital, all she talked about was how she wanted to go home to see and take care of Penny. It's been a bad, bad day today and I'm a wreck. I don't know how much more of this we can take.