Settled At Home

Sharon arrived home on Friday early evening. Hospice met us here and got her settled in here with the morphine pump and all the details we needed to care for Mom.

It was a pretty rough transition getting here. She had a rough drive home from the hospital, and obviously very overwhelming to get here, the Hospice transition, and just overall anxiety with leaving the 24 hour care with easy access to the doctors and nurses if she needed anything.  It was a rough night. By the next day toward the middle of the day, she seemed to have settled down and was more comfortable.  The hospice nurse said that transition is always hard and is expected.  It was just really hard to see her suffering again when we got here.  So far, the hospice program has been great and is a phone call or a short-drive away if we need them. They have a lot of good advice and know what to expect so it's making us feel better taking care of her.

She's been comfortable now for about 1.5 days, she's had a few visitors, but mostly family. She's been pretty tired and hard for her to stay awake so she's sleeping quite a bit.  We're planning to have visitors this week. We've noticed she's perks up a bit when a the people have stopped by. 

Please just give us a call if you'd like to stop out. We know so many people would like to so just give us a call. You can call the house 402-246-4701 or my cell is 847-400-6213, and we will let you know if she's up to it or not.  She's pretty good at letting us know if she wants visitors or not. Please just be mindful if you have a cold or feel under-the-weather that we don't want her to catch anything and have to deal with that too. 

I will continue to update every few days or if anything changes.  We can't express enough how thankful we are of everyone's support. Your prayers, thoughts, and love is so amazing. My mom is a very special person and has obviously made an impact to so many.