Karen is spending a lot of time sleeping, but is in less pain. The mixture of meds the docs gave her to address her back pain seem to have worked, and let whatever it was heal up, so she’s back to just having the stomach pain. She’s taking less of the oxy right now. Friends…
Month: May 2018
An Easier Friday
Hospice changed up some of Karen’s meds, and took her completely off others. They increased the amount of oxy she can take, and have another med coming tomorrow that will work with the oxy to reduce her pain further. Altogether we seem to have a better plan for pain management, which is a relief. It…
Switching Gears – Hospice
We signed for Hospice today, which will change a few things for Karen. Karen is no longer receiving treatment for her cancer, so her care has been in limbo since discharge. All the same doctors are willing to continue helping her, governmental regulations make pain management very difficult, since she can’t travel up to the…
Mid Week Update 5-2
Today we reached out to hospice so Karen has better care for her symptoms. She’s still having pain in her back, and we have some new meds to help. The effort it took to help her with this was one of the deciding factors to start hospice care. We don’t want to wait too long…
Occupational Therapy Tuesday
Karen was sleepy most of the day, but we did have a visit from an Occupational Therapist from Mt Carmel Home Health. The nurse will be working with us over the next couple weeks to see if she can help us move around the house better. Karen can sit and stand with my assistance, but…