Hello,
i haven't been here in awhile and thought I would update. My mom is in Wog and I am in ottawa. 6 weeks ago he unexpectedly had a heart attack and spent almost 6 weeks in the hospital. During that time, she found out her Cetuximab hadn't even working and her cancer is spreading, they told her she has maybe 8 months. She took this very hard and was very depressed and anxious for weeks. She has now gone home on the palliative home care program. She has health care aides visiting and a palliative nurse monitoring. I went out the last 2 days she was in hospital and brought her home, I stayed a few more days to help adjust to the hshare are schedule. She is on oxygen sometimes. My dad is still leaving her alone at times and when he is home he is usually sleeping. My mom is still anxious and cries easily. I am calling daily to monitor.
I was able to be there when she signed the DNR and named her funeral home. Very sad stuff.
I felt old about the visit and was able to help with quite a bit. I plan to go back in 2-3 months depending on how She does. I do feel more at ease now that she has the palliative cre.
thanks for listening,
sherri