Mom today.

We had a fairly decent day today. The patch(duragesic) seems to have leveled out her pain somewhat and allowed her to focus on other things such as enjoying breakfast and taking a sponge bath. She had a little relapse of pain right before Julie came but that was taken care of pretty quickly with a darvocet. I'll keep the patch schedule on the calendar too and change it if the application times change.

She did eat a fair amount today which is great. I'm not sure about this evening, but during the day her appetite was pretty steady, despite her reporting to others that she hadn't been eating.

We spoke about her radiation on her jaw and shin and she wants to go forward with it. She also said she felt stronger today, and when I called tonight and asked how she was she said "Pretty good.". I smiled and was happy to hear both those things.

I spoke with Hospice and Dr Dasher both this weekend and am glad that mom is blessed with such wonderful care providers. I'm going to work with Hospice to find a good "Cocoon Care" person to fill in any gaps that might happen in our schedule.

I also met Margaret Downing, the Eucharistic Minister that has been giving mom communion, and she is hoping to help out with an afternoon a week or an overnight as well. She seemed very sweet and did remind me of Grandma Miller as mom had said. I also spoke with Pam and will be working out a night this week for her to come by.

As a parting thought I must say it is quite amazing to hear the phone ringing off the hook in that house with so many people calling non-stop to wish my mother well. She loves every minute of it, even if she's too tired to talk.

-Silas