I want to say THANK YOU to everyone for your prayers, and thoughts.
Today I had a wonderful conversation with a Palliative Care Doctor and
he told me that is was a consensus amongst him and TWO other doctors
who have been providing care for my mom that the dementia is at the
"end" stages thus is why she has stopped eating and drinking.
So with that arrangements was made with hospice to come and talk to us
about it and "evaluate" moms condition. Of course they came OVER 2 hours
AFTER we got her calmed down (again) so she was semi-sleeping and pretty
"mellow"
The hospice nurse said she needed to consult with the hospice Dr (who is at
another hospital and has NOT been in on moms care). 45 minutes later this
nurse came back to moms room to inform us that mom was not "near enough"
to death so she was declined acceptance to hospice.
So now we have to wait..... again for a "bed" to become available in a skilled
nursing facility so that mom can get palliative care.
To say that my temper is just SLIGHTLY under the boiling stage would be a
bit of an understatement.
I asked the nurse just HOW close to dead did my mom have to be? because
without her central line she will be back to starving and dehydration and darn
near death AGAIN within 2 weeks.
Sorry for my ranting, it just makes me made to KNOW that there are people
who have been in hospice for months and I know 2 people who have been in
hospice for OVER a year.
Oh well mom WILL be taken care of by a caring group of Palliative Care nurses,
doctors and staff. That is the most important thing for me.
I hope to get back to the pincushion this weekend providing life doesn't go wonky
on me again.
I am so sorry that I have not gotten my stuff finished and in the mail already.
QUILTY HUGS my friends.
Louise