• 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…