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My Perspective On Hospice
If you are new here Friday December 22 my Mom had a massive heart attack. I decided to write about my journey, wait, my Mom’s journey? Well, however we classify it. This is a Hospice story from my point of view. This post was written on the 28th of December. Day 4. At 3:45 am December 29th my Mom passed away. I had a ‘feeling’ when it was time and that she was slipping away. I stayed by her bed holding her hand and talking to her as she passed away. It was peaceful. Mom is pain free now. I will continue my string of posts about her care for a few more days, I think. Hospice has been and WAS the best option for ME and for MY family. Like I said yesterday, before Christmas Day I had no idea what Hospice really meant except maybe a movie version. Silverado Hospice allowed me to bring Mom home and let her pass at home with the people that love her the most. The day we brought her home, the 26th of December Mom smiled a real smile. Because of the tubes in her throat before she hadn’t been able to…
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In Praise Of Silverado Hospice
There is no change in Mom’s condition. She is comfortable. Sleeping most of the time. Her breathing is very shallow at this point and she is opening her eyes less frequently today. But like the granny in the movie The Croods STILL ALIVE!! I’m going to start sounding like I WORK for Silverado Hospice!! I’m just so impressed and grateful to the people that have come into our lives these last 4 days I want to share my experience. Yesterday’s post I talked about what Hospice care is through my eyes. I don’t work for Silverado, I had truthfully never even known they existed until Christmas Day, let alone have any inkling of an idea of what they did. (Except, remember the fantasy idea I had, just read yesterdays post) Yesterday afternoon Mom WE had two more visitors. Our family is assigned a Social Worker. (When I first heard Social Worker I immediately thought … I dunno state worker? Like am I going to lose custody of Mom if they don’t like what I am doing? What if the house isn’t clean? AND it ISN’T! What if…. ) But that’s not the case. The Social Worker actually works for Silverado she…
