hey everybody! i come to you on a beautiful day with the sun shining brightly outside and i am determined to enjoy it!
it looks like we will be taking my dad home on thursday and will be having a hospice nurse visit him and teach us all how to take care of him. she will come several days a week to check on him, as well as an aide and other hospice services. my dad is much more lucid and feisty today and that is a great thing- but we are told to expect "good days and bad days" as part of his condition.
end-stage liver failure is not a lovely prognosis, i agree. coordinating the calendar to ensure his round-the-clock care for the rest of his life (not sure if that is a few months or a lot of months) will also not be easy. but if it means that my dad gets to go home and live in his house and do a few things for himself on good days, i will do my best to be grateful for that.
let's just call it "early retirement".
i'll update again soon.
6 comments:
I'm here for you! Hugs!
How is your stepmom handling all this?
lots of love to you, brooke. xoxo
brooke, this is excellent news, and I am so glad you're being as positive as you can. It's admirable and selfless and your daddy is lucky to have a daughter like you.
I will keep you and yours in my thoughts.
Love to you and your fam, B. If you need anything...or dont need anything, I'm here. Without a roommate/spouse/etc, my only plans involve mtv on a daily basis, so I'm pretty free anytime... :)
I'm very glad he gets to come home.. Prognosis isn't what you'd like in a perfect world, but I'm really glad he gets to come home...Thanks for updating. Been waiting. :)
i love you, b. i am crossing my fingers for you and for your daddy... and carrie's right: he's so lucky to have such a great daughter.
i miss you bunches... this must be remedied. love love.
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