I've posted about my step-father before...stage 4 colon cancer...it's taken over his body and his time is short...
He'd been doing so great despite having it finally make its way to his brain...just last week he was at my house eating a huge dinner and watching two of his many grandchildren play outside and ride on go-carts...it was bitter sweet because I suspected it would be his last trip to my home...
Sunday in the wee hours of the morning he became very incoherent...he didn't know where he was or who he was...he'd look at my Mom as if he didn't see her standing there at all...she called 911 and he took a ride in an ambulance to the ER...I spent all day there yesterday with her and him, trying to do what I could to help, waiting for his daughters to arrive from all over...it was slow, but he started to come around, seemed to understand what I'd say to him, seemed to know who I was...by the end of the day, he was talking to everyone, fully aware of where he was though he didn't remember anything about being out of it the night before...
Today, he took a turn for the worst...his doc says he likely has more tumors in his brain, and his lungs are full of cancer...it's attacked him with a vengeance these last few weeks, but this truly shocks us all...I just got back from spending 2 hours with him and my Mom, talking to his daughters...he's hallucinating and doesn't seem to recognize us today, he's doing very odd things and saying things that make no sense...
Cancer is cruel...I'm sure so many of you know what my family is going through right now. I wish like hell cancer never existed, as many do...I'm trying to arrange things with my step-sisters to make sure my Mom has help aside from just hospice...I don't think he'll be here long...I hate to see him suffer in any way, but he's in no pain, at least not right now...seems that it's family that suffers when loved ones get to this point...
Thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated for my stepfather and my Mom...his daughters and everyone that loves him so...we're arranging hospice to come in and we're just hoping to get him home tomorrow or the next day...my Mom's promise to him was to be at home and not in a hospital...
He'd been doing so great despite having it finally make its way to his brain...just last week he was at my house eating a huge dinner and watching two of his many grandchildren play outside and ride on go-carts...it was bitter sweet because I suspected it would be his last trip to my home...
Sunday in the wee hours of the morning he became very incoherent...he didn't know where he was or who he was...he'd look at my Mom as if he didn't see her standing there at all...she called 911 and he took a ride in an ambulance to the ER...I spent all day there yesterday with her and him, trying to do what I could to help, waiting for his daughters to arrive from all over...it was slow, but he started to come around, seemed to understand what I'd say to him, seemed to know who I was...by the end of the day, he was talking to everyone, fully aware of where he was though he didn't remember anything about being out of it the night before...
Today, he took a turn for the worst...his doc says he likely has more tumors in his brain, and his lungs are full of cancer...it's attacked him with a vengeance these last few weeks, but this truly shocks us all...I just got back from spending 2 hours with him and my Mom, talking to his daughters...he's hallucinating and doesn't seem to recognize us today, he's doing very odd things and saying things that make no sense...
Cancer is cruel...I'm sure so many of you know what my family is going through right now. I wish like hell cancer never existed, as many do...I'm trying to arrange things with my step-sisters to make sure my Mom has help aside from just hospice...I don't think he'll be here long...I hate to see him suffer in any way, but he's in no pain, at least not right now...seems that it's family that suffers when loved ones get to this point...
Thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated for my stepfather and my Mom...his daughters and everyone that loves him so...we're arranging hospice to come in and we're just hoping to get him home tomorrow or the next day...my Mom's promise to him was to be at home and not in a hospital...
