Week One - I'm a widow
posted over 2 years ago | 10 comments
This week has been filled with periods of doing the administration of my Albie's passing and sitting on the couch staring. I am glad that I am taking some time to "recover" because everything is messed up here. I find myself wandering and then, I ...
The Last Days - Week 5
posted over 2 years ago | 27 comments
It was midnight when I got home on Tuesday after bringing his caregiver home. The man had gotten so attached to Albie that he said he would be taking a couple weeks off to grieve and recover. He had never worked private duty and he said that you g...
The Visit - Week 4
posted over 2 years ago, updated 24 minutes later | 9 comments
Whether you are religious or not, I am sure that there have been times in your life that you shake your head and say - "Wow! I didn't see that coming" and know that God (or the universe...) works in mysterious ways.
The issue with my husband 's ...
The issue with my husband 's ...
Finishing a Promise - Week 3
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
I promised that I would write something about how I was doing and I decided that today was the day. The promise that I am talking about in the post title is the promise I made to my husband - to take care of him until the end at home and that is c...
Music and Morphine - Week 3
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 13 hours later | 5 comments
This blog will have two parts - the first is about my husband and I'll write that tonight and later, I will write about me.
My husband's caregiver came all five (5) days this week and so I had a chance to get my paperwork into the bank that they...
My husband's caregiver came all five (5) days this week and so I had a chance to get my paperwork into the bank that they...
What to do? - Week 2
posted over 2 years ago | 11 comments
I would have to say that this week, I had more questions than answers. I guess maybe I have started to get prepared a little but I feel quite lost and confused most of the time...so what's new? That is kind of the life of a caregiver.
Mainly, my...
Mainly, my...
Deja Vu Hospice - Week One
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 15 comments
On Monday, a new nurse named Maria came by to admit Albert into the Hospice. The last time, the nurse was not warm and friendly but this time, we sat together and talked about my husband's history and she seemed genuinely interested in what could ...
Starting with Hospice
posted over 2 years ago | 9 comments
By Friday, I had read the advanced directives and knew that the radiation treatment that followed his diagnosis was outside what he ever wanted. So, the next step I needed to do was to listen to his dr. and get Hospice involved sooner-rather-than ...
Suddenly it isn't up to me...he left a note!
posted over 2 years ago, updated 11 minutes later | 13 comments
In the last week, my husband has found out he has a rare bladder tumor on top of the age-related dementia that we have dealt with for the last 5 years.
We saw "our" urologist who has treated him for the past 10 years and he found it, advised me ...
We saw "our" urologist who has treated him for the past 10 years and he found it, advised me ...
