06.09.11

Mom was a very busy lady last night! We awoke this morning to an interesting scene. She took scissors and cut her oxygen line! Then she proceeded to tell me someone cut the line & I needed to call the police cause someone tried to kill her! Oh my!
She took the piece of oxygen line and rolled up her crossword puzzle book and tied the line around it. Odd.
She also pulled all of the Kleenex out of the box! I also had some small empty boxes on the coffee table & she opened them all & tore them up in pieces!

Of course, she doesn't remember a thing. Bless her....I bet she would be mortified to know these things she is doing.

Needless to say, I called hospice & they got a hospital bed over to the house by the end of the day! Next a bed alarm!

Love,

Alene

06.08.11

Well, Mom had a rough morning today. She sometimes sees things or people that do not exist. Not sure if it the meds or the cancer. Both can cause it.

God bless Bill for helping! He has been so wonderful through all of this.

We were successful in finally getting her in the shower! Yeah! Kim from hospice came is and helped. They have been so helpful!

We have had a real hard time getting her to take one since we brought her down here. She is one stubborn lady! She has been asking for a haircut, so I told her a couple of weeks ago "No shower....No haircut" I hate to be mean about it, but she really needed to shower. I won this round! LOL

Well that's what's going on today!

Love,

Alene

05/31/2011

Well Memorial Day is here, I believe Mom is declining. She is walking less and sleeping more. I know she is tired of living this way. I just bought her a new watch with big numbers...she loved it : ) Anything I can do to make her happy is what I will do.

The short term memory loss she is experiencing is getting worse too. One blessing in all of this is she is not in any pain. I'm told not everyone with lung cancer has pain. So that is the one upside to all of this.

Something strange happened yesterday...she started itching real bad, like an allergic reaction. The only thing I can think it was...I made her some Iced Tea using tea bags, she usually uses instant. So I gave her Benedryl and made her some new tea from instant. Itching is much better.

Last night we were watching the Nascar race on TV and she usually goes to bed around 8:30 or 9:00...she stayed in her recliner in the living room until 1 am. It was almost like she was afraid to go to bed, like she wouldn't wake up. She didn't say anything, but that was the feeling we got.

Well I'm signing off now....everyone have a good holiday week-end!

Alene

First Posting

Well here is my first posting. Thought I would create a place to give everyone updates on Mom. We are sitting in my living room & I just told her about the mass in her lung. She is such a trooper or she is putting on a good front for me. I just told her whatever the journey Bill and I will be here for her till the end.

My role in this is to make her last days as comfortable as I can. Thank goodness for Hospice, they have been so helpful!