Mom's health diminished greatly after our last meeting with the staff. She was fidgety on Sunday morning and when I asked if she needed anything she said "I don't know". She said "hi" to Gemma at dinnertime on Sunday, but she has not spoken since. She ate only 25% of her meals on Sunday and it still took over an hour to eat. She could not swallow at all Monday or Tuesday. Mom has a DNR (do not resuscitate) and her health care directive states no life saving measures, so we will not use feeding tubes. She got morphine yesterday and some anti-anxiety medication. She looked relaxed and more herself after the morphine. She will come home Thursday, rather than today, so hospice has time to get things in place.
I'm happy you are able to be there for your mom...blessings to all of you.
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