Try Not To Get Sick During What is Effectively a Holiday Weekend

[wolf]

momwolf remains in the hospital tonight, but there is a good chance she will be discharged tomorrow.

Most of the time, this is happy, encouraging news.

Not today.

Dr. Doom called me early this morning, explaining that they had done everything they could, and that if momwolf were younger and stronger, there were a large assortment of things they could attempt, including cardiac cathertization, and probably re-do her cardiac bypass.

As she is on the cusp of being 80 (her birthday is October 23) and she is medically fragile, these really aren't possibilities.

So, her discharge home will be into hospice.

I've been given a very nice brochure and a copy of the Hospice and Palliative Care Manual to look over.

I'm not retaining much of what's in there, although the words "dignity" and "compassion" and "quality" get used quite often.

momwolf, siswolf, and I have been doing a lot of crying.

I'm going to have to stop typing now, before I electrocute myself. Tears are salty and a good conductor.