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Date Posted: 13:27:58 01/05/07 Fri
Author: Marlene
Author Host/IP: 1Cust185.tnt21.sfo8.da.uu.net / 63.42.148.185
Subject: Tim wanted you to know..........

Some of you know that Tim's Mother has been terminally ill for a few months.
I received an email from him this morning and he wanted to share with his friends here, this is part of his email:

**"I believe Mom only has a few days ... maybe a week. She has fallen 3 times in the last 2 weeks and the dementia has increased considerably just in the last few days. She is so week and has lost so much weight that she is showing little interest in eating or drinking. Hospice is doing what is necessary to keep her comfortable. No iv's for fluids no medication except sedatives & pain relievers. Fortuately she's never had any pain from the cancer , no difficulty breathing ... in fact she appears to not be having any pain from the injuries she's sustained from the falls ..which is odd. Fortunately she didn't break anything which is absolutely amazing. My sister and I were in the ER on NY eve as well as night before last.

Unless she is sedated she becomes very agitated...and even with little strength, she tries to pull her herself over the bedrails to get out :-/

Obviously she needs to have someone by her bedside 24/7 now .... the staff at Escaton, can only check her every hour. Rather than move her to skilled nursing for her last days, I opted to just keep her in the room where she's been for the last 4 years and have a person skilled in this type care stay there with here....sitting, sleeping and helping her when the staff can't. It's very expensive .. but we and my brother can split the cost for what time she has left. That way we can come and just visit and sit with her. When the time nears, I'll just stay in the room with her as she feels safer with me around."**

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