I want to thank all of you for your support and care. We were told today that my Dad has probably about a week left to live. He is shutting down rapidly. My sister and brother brought Dad home from the nursing home a little over a week ago. A home-health aide has been coming in daily and the nurses from home hospice have been terrific. Dad even stood up by himself and walked a few steps. Things seemed to be very positive. Just a couple of days ago, Dad began hallucinating. He was carrying on steady conversations with the people he was seeing in English and Polish! He seemed very calm and happy. Since he began hallucinating, his body began shutting down. He is in a great deal of pain, and has stopped eating and drinking anything. My sister has been told that she should not try to push him to eat or drink. Our job now is just to keep him as comfortable as possible. We're trying to figure out how soon we should go home. From everything we hear, I doubt it will really be a week. We desperately want him to be in peace and not suffering any more, but it is so very difficult to say good-bye. Sandy |
