Today is December 31st—-the last day of 2007. Who knows what it will bring?
The last few days have been very difficult for Aunt Phyllis—yesterday being the worst. First of all, on Saturday, our nurse inserted a catheter as it had been getting very hard and painful for Auntie to be put on the [...]
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The Journey Continues
Posted in Elder Care, Family & Friends, Health on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Journey Continues
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on December 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It is now December 22, and life for our Auntie is somewhere between here and “there”. To catch up where we left off some time ago, I will fill in. After about 2 weeks, Seasons Hospice had to discontinue around the clock care as our Aunt Phyllis was now somewhat stabilized and pain [...]
The Ups and Downs of the Journey
Posted in Elder Care, Health on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, we are now at December 9, 2007 and have experienced a variety of situations with Phyllis’ pain, awareness, comfort, attitude, etc. At the beginning of Hospice care Phyllis was complaining of constant pain which is one of the reasons “Continuous Care” was called for. They came to control her pain and make [...]
Toward Journey’s End
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere around the 20th of November, Pam and Jill of St. Anne’s decided it was time to request Hospice care for Phyllis because of her constant pain and unrest. The next day was incredible! First came the nurse who would assess the situation; then came a Deacon of the Catholic Church [...]
Next Step
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends, Health on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jack and I have been having real difficulty in our aunt’s health situation. She continues to complain about pain, prefers to stay in bed, changing clothes is not thought of, has some “accidents”, will eat some food but going to the dining room is a chore, doesn’t watch TV (can’t hear but insists she [...]
Kidney Transplant News
Posted in Health, Interesting Stuff on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a wonderful site on Living Kidney Donation at http://livingdonors.org In it are many answers to questions one might have on donation. God will provide…we know.
Relatives Healthy Business
Posted in Family & Friends, Health on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mike and Becky Burgmeier (Rosemary and Dick’s son and daughter- in-law) have a new business in Organic Juices as a great and healthy alternative to soda. It’s very tasty and you can check it out on their website: burgiesorganics.com and also read a wonderful interview that was recently published about their products. See the [...]
Test of Faith
Posted in Faith, Family & Friends, Health on October 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My faith is being tested today as we took our 88 year old aunt from rehab (after serious surgery) back to her apartment in assisted living at St. Anne’s. The walking back nearly did her in and she was not feeling well and in bed when we left her. A big change for [...]
We Need a Kidney not a Kirby
Posted in Family & Friends, Health on October 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This article was in yesterday’s paper. It’s about an Idaho door-to-door Kirby salesman that ended up donating a kidney instead of selling a vacuum cleaner. As in the story, we don’t need a vacuum but we do need a kidney. Please pray for a donor.
