Good Days & Bad Days

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

That's what Mom keeps saying... (actually, she keeps telling us to write the Thank You's).  Mom & Tim and all of us are overwhelmed by the support everyone has given. The cards, prayers, visits, meals, and beautiful outdoor sparkly stars that where hung outside along the house when Mom arrived home from the hospital have been so helpful. It's nice knowing so many people are here to help if anything is needed. 

It's been a little while since I gave an update on how Mom is doing. Overall, there hasn't been much change here.  Mom has her good days and bad days.  The good days are great when she's alert, talkative, and is part of the conversation. Then she has bad days and been in some pain.  Sometimes it easily managed, but the last 2 days has been a little worse.  It's a so frustrating to see her in pain. The hospice nurse team are so great and helpful and giving us ideas on different things we can do. We've went up on the level of pain meds quite a bit the last few days and are hoping this will level is out soon, and she'll be comfortable most of the time again.  Taking the pain medicine up makes her very droggy/sleepy.  Her body will be get used to in a few days & will be more awake and not feel so zombie-like, hopefully.

We've had quite a few visitors and it's nice to have people stop by.  If you'd like to stop by, please just call the house or my cell phone 847-400-6213 and let us know.  The hospice team has asked us to try to limit the time a little bit for visitors, probably around 10-30 minutes. You will know if she's trying to rest that it's probably time to go, and if she's more alert to stay a little longer.  It's hard to tell visitors to leave, but just know that we're trying to keep the overall activity level down so she stays comfortable. That's the #1 goal for Mom right now; we don't want to see her uncomfortable.