Sheila,
I wish there were something I could say or do that could help. Your
experience with your father has been something of a foreshadowing of what
we have been going through with my dad, and while it is critical to keep a
positive approach, it is so painful to live through this. We keep praying
for him, and as I read your e-mails, I add you, your father, and the other
MOLer's to my prayers as well.
Bill Hale
At 09:48 PM 7/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>This has not been a very good weekend for us. We were going to take my
dad to
>the bank on Friday. Before he made it to the car, he stumbled and fell.
He hit
>head first and gashed open his forehead and nose. He would not let us
take him
>to the hospital or to the E.R. clinic, so I called hospice, and they came and
>looked at it. I guess the good news on that part is that they think it
was just
>superficial, and nothing to worry about. He has had two really bad days
since
>then. We cannot seem to get his pain under control, and today we ran out
of his
>breakthrough pain medicine. I crushed one of his long acting ones and
gave that
>to him, it still didn't seem to be doing anything, so I crushed another
one. He
>seemed to be doing better, asked for some ice cream and talked a little.
Then
>about an hour later, I couldn't wake him to give him his steriod, and I
>couldn't. We thought he had gone into a coma. His eyes were only half open,
>but he wouldn't respond to anything at all. We sort of prepared
ourselves for
>him not waking up, told my daughter, and of course she started crying. We
are
>all in his room, holding his hands, telling him we love him and everything.
>After about 1-2 hours of him not responding, I called hospice. Fifteen
minutes
>before the nurse gets here, he just wakes up, and cannot figure out what is
>wrong with us. He woke up in much pain, and after taking some of the short
>acting pain pills that had finally arrived, he told me that he hoped he could
>take the pills, go to sleep and not wake up. He told me that he was ready to
>die. I don't want him to die, but I do not want to see him suffer anymore
>either. I really do not think it will be much longer, before he passes. Pls
>put us in your prayers.
>
>Love you guys,
>Sheila
>
>John Waller wrote:
>
>> Sheila-
>>
>> Love the glamour shot! It's a treat to have your photos. Thanks!
>>
>> Nonie
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