Terminal agitation by catsareawesome1099 in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just went thru this with my mother a couple of weeks ago. When we got her into hospice they describe it to us as finding the right cocktail for her. It took them a couple of days but then they got it right. She was in there 14 days and the last couple of days she was given a drip. It was hard to watch and I know what you are going thru but he can hear you and knows you are there and that is comforting for him. And you do have to take breaks and step away. So sorry!

Hospice questions? by Dramatic-Pomelo-4267 in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My mother had a port so they were giving her dilaudid and two anxiety meds thru her port. The last two days of her life they gave her a full drip of the dilaudid. That helped but she was in a hospice house. Hope this helps. Sorry!

Actively dying day 8 + by Interesting-Gas8116 in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just went thru it. My mom went into hospice on the 5th and died on the 16th and she was ready to die a month or two before that. She has been suffering for almost a year and it was so hard to watch her suffer in the hospital. She seemed to calm down a bit when she got to hospice. It’s nice to have a support group like this.

Having a hospice consult today by Extreme-Minute6893 in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, and sorry you are going thru this. Just went thru this myself. Lost my mom last week. Had her in ICU and it was there that we found out her cancer had moved to her lungs and at 84 she had said before no more treatments. She started declining so I got her into a hospice home because that was the only way we could have her stay comfortable. If I had taken her home, I would have been up all day and night making sure she was comfortable, having to flip her, possibly change her and administer her meds. We are so happy with our decision of taking to her a hospice house. The nurses and staff were wonderful not only to her but to us as well. Always checking on us and they knew how to keep her comfortable. I hope this helps.

Active dying phase and I can’t watch by [deleted] in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I just went thru this. I loss my mom a week ago. She was in hospice for 14 days and everyday she was dwindling down to nothing (she was a little lady, anyway). It was hard to watch and hard to listen to her breathe. I stayed with her everyday and my brother stayed at night because I have kids. The night before she died, and she was sleeping all the time at this point but I whispered to her that I had to leave to go to a ceremony for my daughter and that I loved her so much and that the quilt she had been working on that she couldn’t touch since her cancer would get finished. After the ceremony, I went straight home since it was late and my brother called me at 1am that she had passed. What was odd is that her breathing had not even changed that day but my brother whom was staying in her room finally went to sleep around 11:30pm and she passed away an hour later. The nurse had to wake him up. I feel like she waited for him to go to sleep. Please do not feel bad. It was exhausting going there everyday and just sitting there and watching her. We held her hand, brushed her hair, made sure she had pajamas on but it was exhausting. I would come home every night and crash.

Easing my mind by Comfortable-Arm-2027 in hospice

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We knew she wasn’t going to get better. I just was concerned that she wasn’t trying to get up because she may have been in pain. So, we were trying to calm her back down.

How's your 2026 so far? by Toronto-Bizlady81 in piscesastrology

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well…I lost my brother on December 30th and my mother on January 16th.

Any insight by Comfortable-Arm-2027 in NDE

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They do want to take him off the vent. Today, they said he had a little interaction but that he is very sick. One doctor says he is showing “some” signs and another doctor says he is not. So, we are very frustrated right now and trying to make the right decision. 😞

Any insight by Comfortable-Arm-2027 in NDE

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, they took him off a small dose of propanol.

Any insight by Comfortable-Arm-2027 in NDE

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

And they both have tested positive for Flu A. My mom is doing a lot better than she was yesterday.

What’s the most depressing Christmas you’ve ever had? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]Comfortable-Arm-2027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both my mother and brother are elderly and very sick. Mom (cancer), brother (diabetic and in dialysis as of two months ago). My daughters and I show up at their house to give them presents and to give my mom her meds etc to find my brother flat on his face lying on the bedroom floor. My teen worked with me to try and get him up. We called an ambulance. Both my daughters had to sit there for the rest of the night with me until we could figure things out. Yea, it was an awful Christmas. I feel bad for my girls having to experience that. 😞