Sunday Jeanette and I along with Angie & Joel took food out to mom's to fix dinner for her because I had surmised that she wasn't eating very well the few days prior.
We fixed one of mom's favorites - Pork Chops, Baked Potatoes & Salad but she only took a couple of bites. She even had to excuse herself from the table so she could lay down.
We left about 6:30 pm and she said she was doing great. I got a call from her that night at midnight saying she was in excruciating pain all through her abdomen and back.
Many may not know that she has continued to grow a large pot-belly because of the cancer spreading to her lower bowels. This has shut off communication from the upper to lower bowels and caused her to be extremely bloated. They tried to drain the stomach but were only able to get about .62 ml out (average is 5.0ml) .
She had taken some pain meds at 10:30 pm so, by the time Jeanette and I drove out to get her to see whether she needed to go to the emergency department but mom said she could make it to our house.
She got up again at 5:30 am to take more pain meds and went back to sleep. Today she's eaten 1/4 banana, 1 scrambled egg and some broth from French Onion soup Jeanette made.
Jeanette called Dr. Sharma (her oncologist) and he signed the order to be able to call Hospice. The nurse came to the house at 6 pm and did a thorough assessment of her and had recommended we get the following items:
Shower Seat
Oxygen
Wheelchair
Walker w/seat
Toilet riser
Hospital Bed
Medicine Pack - contains liquid Morphine
Currently she is taking 2 oxycodone every 4 hours and we seem to have gotten ahead of the pain.
We have pulled the plug on the trip to Oregon for Thanksgiving because she is just not able to travel sitting up for more than 35 - 40 minutes and she needs to lay down after even the shortest of times.
I have sent text messages to Mike, Alena, and Jody. Mom would like Mike to come and visit her fairly soon.
With the medication she is not suppose to drink wine or even drive her car.
We fixed one of mom's favorites - Pork Chops, Baked Potatoes & Salad but she only took a couple of bites. She even had to excuse herself from the table so she could lay down.
We left about 6:30 pm and she said she was doing great. I got a call from her that night at midnight saying she was in excruciating pain all through her abdomen and back.
Many may not know that she has continued to grow a large pot-belly because of the cancer spreading to her lower bowels. This has shut off communication from the upper to lower bowels and caused her to be extremely bloated. They tried to drain the stomach but were only able to get about .62 ml out (average is 5.0ml) .
She had taken some pain meds at 10:30 pm so, by the time Jeanette and I drove out to get her to see whether she needed to go to the emergency department but mom said she could make it to our house.
She got up again at 5:30 am to take more pain meds and went back to sleep. Today she's eaten 1/4 banana, 1 scrambled egg and some broth from French Onion soup Jeanette made.
Jeanette called Dr. Sharma (her oncologist) and he signed the order to be able to call Hospice. The nurse came to the house at 6 pm and did a thorough assessment of her and had recommended we get the following items:
Shower Seat
Oxygen
Wheelchair
Walker w/seat
Toilet riser
Hospital Bed
Medicine Pack - contains liquid Morphine
Currently she is taking 2 oxycodone every 4 hours and we seem to have gotten ahead of the pain.
We have pulled the plug on the trip to Oregon for Thanksgiving because she is just not able to travel sitting up for more than 35 - 40 minutes and she needs to lay down after even the shortest of times.
I have sent text messages to Mike, Alena, and Jody. Mom would like Mike to come and visit her fairly soon.
With the medication she is not suppose to drink wine or even drive her car.
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