(continued) Fran had me called, for which I’m grateful, when his time finally came. As she lovingly bent over him still/ again, I noticed/ thought I was right, caught the eye of/ nodded to the Hospice worker, who stepped forward --and again helped her to understand, this time that her husband was gone. So simply and easily, Fran, so close, hadn’t even realized. A handful of Hospice people appeared, just like that, each to do a part of what support was so needed and appreciated. Her husband always did a good job of taking care of her and really didn’t want to leave her alone; she had lots of people there for her, which wouldn’t have been without Hospice. Though in a Nursing Home where people are around, they couldn’t have taken the time. Someone reminded her she had said she wanted his ring removed; with unusual determined vigor she said: I put that ring on his finger, and I am the one who is going to take it off! She was so appreciative that our prayers helped to make his ending, also a beginning as she strongly believed, so easy --and that Hospice was what Hospice is! [Hospice is not, contrary to too-popular opinion, only for cancer patients. An online Hospice list includes Alzheimer’s first, cancer farther down the long list. Any condition that indicates death might be closer --whether or not we like that. [A patient can go off Hospice, if/ while their condition no longer qualifies for Hospice services, or if they so choose. [The final healing is death --I like that saying. Healing, of the whole person. Not cure, physical; so far cure isn’t always possible (--haven’t we noticed?!) --no matter how much the doctor or we might want it! Healing can be tremendously facilitated by Hospice, as care is still there when cure can no longer be. … The Lord sustains them on their sickbed, will bring them back from sickness to health Ps 41:3
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