Angels

(Geoff writes) Susan has pretty much stopped eating. It's not because it makes her sick. It hasn't. I've been reading a lot about patients' behavior and signs to look for. Not eating for no apparent  reason is one of them. Sleeping is another, and she's been doing a lot of that over the last several days. I have a monitor I use but she doesn't stir much during the night. She used to want my attention for one thing or another about 3am. Not so much now.

Her brother and family visited yesterday. She lit up when they came and it was a good visit. She had a "zoom" with her sister on the West coast a couple days ago and that was also very good. For both of them.

Today the Visiting Nurses are going to change her pain meds from liquid morphine to something she will tolerate better, to be administered by a pump through her port. It will deliver a constant stream of relief that she can easily regulate, if need be. I can't say enough good things about the VNA. They should be called the Visiting Nurse Angels.

Home Health Aide/Angel at the door. Gotta go now.

Remember that room upstairs I was painting last week? Well it's finished and I just thought that perhaps Susan will never see it. I can't dwell on thoughts like this. She can see the ocean from her bed. 

Susan says,

Love you all. Take care of each other.